THE DOG NAMED DUKE

THE DOG NAMED DUKE

Q1.‘Duke was an extraordinary dog.’ What special qualities did he

exhibit to justify this?

Duke was truly an extraordinary dog as he understood the needs of his master completely and  pushed him out of his depressed state. He understood that his master was not well and toned down his behaviour from his earlier boisterous self. He pushed his master out of bed and reignited in him an interest . He taught his master to walk again with infinite patience, painstaking care, and sensitivity which was very surprising in a dog.

Q2.In 1953, Hooper was a favoured young man.’ Explain.

It means that in the year 1953, Hooper had everything that he

could have ever wanted. He was a tall young man, with a healthy.

Muscular body. He was a member of the university football team.

Apart from that he had a well-paying job as a sales manager for a

chemical company. He also had a loving wife and a faithful dog

whose company he enjoyed very much.

Q3.Why do you think Hooper’s appointment as Assistant National

Manager is considered to be a tribute to Duke?

It was tribute because it was the result of Duke’s persistence, help,

support and love that Hooper regained an interest in life and

started working again and worked hard to prove that his disability

was not going to limit his aspirations and his ability to achieve his

goals.

EXTRACT BASED QUESTIONS
I.He was a 23-kilo missile of joy. He hit Chuck above the belt, causing him to fight to keep his balance.
Questions
(a) Who has been called a "missile of joy" ?
(b) How did he hit Chuck ? Why ?
(c) Why did Chuck find it difficult to maintain his balance ?
Answers
(a) Duke, the dog, has been called a "missile of joy".
(b) He hit Chuck in such a way that he lost his balance and nearly fell, but didn't. Duke did this all due to sheer joy.
(c) Chuck found It difficult to maintain his balance because he was just out of hospital. He was very weak.

II. When two fellows stare at each other day In, day out, and one can't move and the other can't talk boredom sets in. Duke finally couldn't take it.
Questions
(a) Who are the two fellows mentioned above ?
(b) Why can't one fellow In the above line move ?
(c) Why can't the other talk in these lines ?
Answers
(a) The dog named Duke and his master Chuck are mentioned here.
(b) One fellow, that is Chuck, can't move because he has met with a very serious accident.
 (c) The other is the dog which can't speak as dogs can't do so.

III. Those who saw it said the dog knew instantly. He never jumped on Chuck again. From that moment, he took up a post beside his master's bed around the clock. But even Duke's presence didn't reach Chuck. The once—iron muscles slacked on the rangy frame.
Questions
(a) What does 'rangy' frame mean here ?
(b) Why did Duke never jump on Chuck again ?
(c) Why even Duke's presence didn't reach Chuck ?
Answers
(a) It is stout and strong.
(b) Duke never jumped on Chuck again as he was a dog but was like a human being• He understood everything.
(c) Even Duke's presence didn't reach Chuck because he was under a great depression.

IV.  Duke felt the sudden slack in the leash and pulled it taut. Chuck swayed broke the fall with his good right leg, then straightened.
Questions

(a) When did Duke feel the sudden slack in the leash ?

(b)                        What did Chuck do then ?

(c)  What was the effect of what Chuck did on him ?

Answers

(a) Duke felt the sudden slack in the leash when Chuck dragged his left foot   giving looseness in the leash.

(b) Chuck swayed forward again and checked his fall with his good right leg.

(c) Chuck did all this three times and in that he felt exhausted.

V.  Thirteen months from the moment he worked full days, Chuck Hooper was promoted to regional manager covering more than four states
Questions
 (a) What helped Chuck Hooper achieve the promotion mentioned here ?
(b) What did Chuck's promotion reveal about the company's management ?
 (c) Who did Chuck owe his success to himself or Duke ?
Answers
(a) Chuck Hooper's recovery from a very serious accident helped him achieve this.
(b) It revealed that the company he served had real gentlemen who understood everything.
(c) He owed his success to Duke.

Short questions

Q. 1. Who was Charles-Chuck'-Hooper ? Where did he work and how did he look ?
Ans. Charles-'Chuck'-Hooper was zone sales manager of a chemical company. He was a favoured young man due to his competitive and result-oriented outlook. He had a big grin on his face. He was six-foot-one inch tall and looked smart. He had also played in the university football team.
Q. 2. One incident changed Hooper's life. What was the change ?
Ans. Hooper was the zone sales manager of a chemical company. He achieved everything he aspired for. But one evening when he was returning home, a car hit him. He got haemorrhage in the motor section of the brain. This completely paralysed his left making him a paralysed cripple.
Q. 3. Why was Duke put in a kennel
Ans. Charles was in hospital due to the accident. Due to the nature of his accident he needed Marcy to look after him. There was no one to take care of Duke at home. So he had to be put in a kennel.
Q. 4. How was Hooper involved in an accident ? How was he injured ?
Or  How was Chuck injured in the accident ?
Ans. Charles-'Chuck'-Hooper was driving home in one autumn twilight. A car suddenly pulled out in front of him without warning. He received very serious injuries in the brain leading to subdural hemorrhage, These paralyzed the left side of his body.
Q. 5. How did Hooper feel when he returned home after the hospital ?
Ans. Hooper returned home after about six weeks at the hospital. After the excitement homecoming wore off, Chuck got a bout of depression. When Marcy, his wife, went to each morning, he got all alone. That dispirited him and he went into depression•
Q. 6. Describe the first meeting between Hooper and Duke after Hooper is brought home from hospital. [V. Imp.J Ans. After Hooper was discharged he was brought home. Duke was at the kennel then. He was also brought home. Hooper had told that he would meet Duke standing. When Duke saw his master after a long period he quivered like 5000 volts and sprang up at him. Hooper
had to struggle to maintain his balance.
Q. 7. What happened when one evening Chuck's good hand idly hooked the leash onto Duke's collar ?
Ans. When Hooper did so, Duke understood that he was being called to go out for a walk. He shimmied himself and pranced. Hooper asked Marcy to support him by the elbow. He moved his right leg out in front. Then he straightened his right leg. It caused the left foot to drag forward alongside the right. Hooper had taken his first step.
Q. 8. How did Duke help Hooper to stand in the beginning and be on his own ?
Ans. Duke was instrumental in helping Hooper to walk again after his paralysis. One day Chuck hooked the leash into Duke's collar. He treated it as a signal to go out and pranced.
He then held the leash into his fingers. With Marcy's help he leaned forward. He straightened his right leg. This caused the left foot to drag forward. Hooper had taken his first step.
Q. 9. Describe how Hooper could walk with Duke's help after the beginning had been made.
 Ans. After the initial stage, Duke charged around to Hooper's good side, With Hooper standing, Duke walked to the end of the leash and tugged it steadily. They took four steps on the second day. On the following days Hooper would stand. Duke would keep the leash taut to balance him. This way Duke helped Hooper to take steps to the front porch. Then they went to the intersection quite far away.
Q. 10. How did Hooper's neighbours react to their walk when they had moved to their new house ?
Ans. Hooper's neighbours of their new house didn't know the story of Hooper and Duke.They only knew the gait of Hooper when he was out with Duke. They reacted saying that Hooper walked like a struggling mechanical giant. He was always pulled by the dog as if the dog owned him .