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Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Solutions Chapter 5 - Homeless Man and his Friends: A true story - Text Book Back Questions and Answers

A. Comprehension Questions

Question 1.

What is the name of the hero of this story?
Answer

"The name of the hero of this story is Cesar

Question 2.
Where did this story happen?
Answer:
This story happened on the street in Rio do Sul in South Brazil.
Question 3.
When was he admitted in the hospital?
Answer:
Cesar was admitted at the emergency room of the hospital at about 3 a.m.
Question 4.
Where is the hospital?
Answer:
The hospital is in Rio do Sul, in South Brazil.
Question 5.
Who accompanied him to the hospital?
Answer:
A gang of dogs accompanied him to the hospital.
B. Write the answers for the following questions in 100 words.

Question 1.
Where did the nurse post this story?
Question 2.
What did Cesar do when he was offered food by the nurses?
Answer:
When Cesar was offered food by the nurses, he ate some and saved a bit to give the 

dogs later. Though Cesar was a homeless man in Rio do Sul in South Brazil, he often sacrificed his own food to feed the stray dogs around him. When he suddenly required emergency treatment, his kindness came back to him like a boomerang, for the faithful dogs he had been feeding made sure he was not alone.

Question 3.
How many dogs accompanied him when left the hospital?
Answer:
Four dogs accompanied him when he left the hospital.
Question 4.
How many people followed Mamprim's post?
Answer: $1,36,000$ people followed Mamprim's post.
C. Can you guess the meaning of following words after understanding the story?
1. homeless - without any house or people to care
2. boomerang - come back to the person threw it
3. canine - dog - due to its teeth it is named so
4. stray - dogs found in the streets without owners
5. health facility - health care

6. colleague-co-worker
7. accompany - go along with
8. trailing - following
9. wagging - moving the tail swiftly
10. reciprocal - in return
11. possession - own
12. mistreatment - ill treatment, wrong behaviour

Step To Success
Coding - Decoding
Number the alphabet according to their position to decode the following.

Question 1.
In a certain code language, if BUG $=30$ and $A L M S=45$ then CADET $=$ ?
(a) 70
(b) 24

Question 2.
In a certain code language, if INFER $=25$ and JERSEY $=28$, then CHOICE $=$ ?
(a) 43
(b) 34
(c) 89
(d) 52
Question 3.
In a certain code language, EGG is 577 and ICE is 935 then what is 8945 ?
(a) HIDE
(b) FEAR
(c) DEED
(d) $\mathrm{HIGH}$

Answer:
(a) HIDE

Question 4.
In a certain code language, YSMIR is TNHDM and VPJHN is QKECI then GKTZO is ?
(a) TEFMD
(b) BFOUJ
(c) IPBVR

(d) ZOAFQ

Answer:
(b) BFOU

Connecting To Self
Tick the boxes that you have done and check yourself whether you are a good friend.

Question 1.

Answer: 

Additional Questions
I. Choose the Correct Answers (MCQ).

Question 1.
The homeless man was called ______________
(a) Peter
(b) Cris
(c) Cesar
(d) Charles

Answer:
(c) Cesar

Question 2.
He was admitted in a hospital at ____________
(a) Berlin
(b) Brazil
(c) Germany
(d) India

Answer:
(b) Brazil

Question 3.
He took care of ___________ canines.

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer:
(c) 4

Question 4.
He was a simple person luxury.
(a) with
(b) with excess
(c) without
(d) The street
Question 5.
The homeless man lived on
(a) The hills
(b) The vally
(c) The river bank
(d) the street

Answer:
(d) the street
II. Identify the character/speaker:
1. "I came across this today"
2. "A simple person, who depends on help to overcome the hunger"
3. "They are all well taken care of and chubby"
4. "I do not know what his life is like"
5. He suddenly required emergency treatment.

Answer:
1. Mamprim
2. Mamprim about Cesai
3. Mamprim about dogs

4. Mamprim about Cesai
5. Cesai
III. Write True or False against each statement.
1. The stray dogs' loyalty was witnessed by a doctor.
2. Three stray dogs showed up at the entrance.
3. Cesar was a simple person without luxury.
4. The animals reunited with their owner.
5. The staff let the dogs inside the hospital.

Answer:
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
IV. Very Short Questions with Answers.

Question 1.
Who sacrifices his own food to feed the stray dogs?

Answer:
Cesar sacrifices his own food to feed the stray dogs.
Question 2.
Who witnessed the dog's incredible loyalty?
Answer:
The nurse Cris Mamprim and her colleagues witnessed the dog's loyalty.
Question 3.
Where does Cesar normally go?
Answer:
Cesar normally goes to another health facility in town.
Question 4.
Who were anxiously anticipating Cesar's safe return?
Answer:
The faithful dogs were anxiously anticipating Cesar's safe return.
Question 5.
When did Cesar leave the hospital?
Answer:
Cesar left the hospital after an hour.
V. Short Questions with Answers.

Question 1.
Why did the staff let the dogs inside?
Answer:
The staff let the dogs inside after giving Cesar the medication because they did not want to keep Cesar and his companions apart.

Question 2.
Did Cesar have any kin and material possession?
Answer:
No, he did not have any kin to turn to, and had little material possessions.
Question 3.
Why was he never alone?
Answer:
He was never alone because he had his warm and loving companions.
VI. Paragraph Questions with Answers.

Question 1.
Describe the activities of the homeless person and his companions.
Answer:
The homeless person Cesar, sacrifices his own food to feed the stray dogs around him. When he required emergency treatment, his kindness came back to him, like a boomerang. Four concerned dogs showed up at the entrance of the hospital and were waiting for Cesar. They were anxious about their homeless master's health. Their master is a simple person, who depends on help to overcome the hunger, the cold, the pain, the evils of the world. He had by his side the best companions and the exchange is reciprocal. An exchange of love, affection, warmth and understanding
VII. Mind Map

Question 1.

Answer:
1. Rio de Sul
2. The stray dogs
3. emergency
4. boomerang
5. the nurse
VIII. Rearrange the Jumbled Sentences.
A.
1. He often sacrificed his food to feed the dogs.
2. There is a homeless man in South Brazil.
3. His faithful dogs made sure he wasn't alone.
4. He suddenly required emergency treatment.
5. The loyalty of the dogs were witnessed by a nurse.

Answer:
$2,1,4,3,5$
2. There is a homeless man in South Brazil.
1. He often sacrificed his food to feed the dogs.
4. He suddenly required emergency treatment.
3. His faithful dogs made sure he wasn't alone.
5. The loyalty of the dogs were witnessed by a nurse.

B
1. The staff let the dogs inside.
2. The faithful canines waited anxiously.
3. The man ate some and saved a bit for the dogs.
4. They even offered food.
5. They are all well taken care of and chubby.

Answer:
$5,2,1,4,3$
5. They are all well taken care of and chubby.
2. The faithful canines waited anxiously.
1. The staff let the dogs inside.
4. They even offered food.
3. The man ate some and saved a bit for the dogs.
IX. Read the passage and answer the questions.

A
The stray dogs' incredible loyalty was witnessed by nurse Cris Mamprim and her colleagues shortly after the homeless man, Cesar, arrived at the emergency room of the hospital in Rio do Sul, in South Brazil at about 3 a.m. to seek treatment and medication for a pre-existing health condition he had been battling.

Question 1.
Who witnessed the dogs' loyalty?
Answer:
The nurse Cris Mamprim and her colleagues witnessed the dogs' loyalty.
Question 2.
Who was the man who came to the hospital?
Answer:
Cesar came to the hospital.
Question 3.
Where was the hospital?
Answer:
The hospital was in Rio do Sul, South Brazil.
Question 4.
Why did he come to the emergency room?
Answer:
He came to seek treatment and medication for a pre-existing health condition he had been battling.

Question 5.
What is the name of the nurse?
Answer:
The name of the nurse was Crim Mamprim.
B
An hour later, Cesar left the hospital with the four dogs trailing behind, happily wagging their tails. "I do not know what his life is like, or why he's on the street, but I admire the respect arid love he has for his little friends." Mamprim concluded. "Seeing them like this, waiting at the door, just shows how much they are well cared for and loved".

Question 1.
What is the meaning of the word trailing?
Answer:

'Trailing' means following behind.
Question 2.
To whom does $T$ refer to?
Answer:
refers to Mamprim, the nurse.
Question 3.
Whd are they? What does Tike this' indicate?

Answer:
They are dogs. 'Like this' indicates 'the waiting of the dogs at the door of the hospital'.
Question 4.
Give the antonyms for 'conclude' and 'like'
Answer:
The antonyms for 'conclude' and 'like' are 'commence' and 'dislike'.
Question 5.
What is the title of this story?
Answer:
"Homeless Man and his Friends: A true story".
Homeless Man and his Friends: A true story Summary

Life takes us on some interesting journey and having wonderful friends with us on the long ride can make both the best and worst periods enjoyable.

There is a homeless man called Cesar in South Brazil. He often sacrifices his own food to feed the stray dogs around him. One day he falls very sick and his kindness towards the animals comes back to him as they accompany him to the emergency room at a hospital in Brazil. The nurses are surprised to see Cesar who was new to the hospital. They did not know his previous condition.

They were surprised to see four canines waiting at the entrance to see Cesar. Watching them, the nurse is impressed and posts the picture of the scene in the Facebook, stating a simple person without luxury depends on help to overcome pain and other evils has the best companions and that the exchange is mutual.

They wait and Mamprin, the nurse, watches them reunite with their master in no time. When Cesar was offered food, he ate some and saved the rest for the dogs. Cesar has little material possessions and does not have any kin But he has his warm and loving companions.