Available Answers

1. 1.

   Why did the author need to call his colleagues to attend to surgical cases?

2. 2.

   What had happened to Robin Blair?

3. 3.

   How did being cut off from the outside world affect the author?

4. 4.

   What was the conflict in the author's mind before he performed the surgery? Did this resolve itself? How?

5. 5.

   Was the author a good doctor? How do you know?

6. 6.

   "You will never be a surgeon."

   1. Who said this? To whom did he say it?
   2. Why did he say it?
   3. Do you think it was justified for him to say this?