based on your understanding of the lesson. a. What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
b. What were Dr. Barnard’s feelings when he was hospitalized after an accident? c.
When and where did the accident occur? d. How did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
e. How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s? f.
How was the unattended trolley put to use? g. What roles did the duo take up? h.
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them? i. Who encouraged them and how? j.
What does Dr. Barnard compare this entertainment to? 12th - - In Celebration of Being Alive Page k. What happened in the grand finale?
l. How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver? m.
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys? . Answer the following questions in three or four sentences.
a. Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech. b.
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street? c. What injuries did they sustain in the accident? d.
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why? e.
Why does Dr. Barnard find suffering of children heartbreaking? f. How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
g. Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’? h.
What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from? . Answer the following in a paragraph of – words each. a.
Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized. b. “These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate. c.
Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital. d. How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?
e. Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you