Question

Direction: The story was quite interesting. Now answer the questions

that follow to test you understanding.

1. What descriptions were given about the setting of the story?

2. What seems to be the conflict surrounding the story?

3. What was the deal made by Sonja and Akhmed?

4. What change in attitude was evident in the main character of the story at

the beginning and at the end?

5. Why was it important for the writer to narrate the events that happened

during the wars to reveal traditions in Chechnya?​

Answer 1

1Ans) The story happened during a war

2Ans) The conflict evident in the story is the external conflict surrounding the country of Chenchnya.      

3Ans) The deal made by Sonja and Akhmed is that if Sonja adopts his daughter, he will work in the hospitals as a helper.

4Ans) The man character had a big change in attitude from the beginning compared to the end. The story reveals that the loss of her sister to the war is partly the reason for her indifference towards her job.

5Ans) The importance of the writer narrating the events is that it gave the readers ideas on how difficult those times in the hospitals during the war that eventually changed the character’s outlook in life.

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