Available Answers

1. 1.

   Complete these sentences.

   1. More than anything else in the world, the narrator hates...
   2. He hates it because it is a torture that is...
   3. He compares dental work done inside his mouth to...
   4. When his teeth are being polished, he feels as if...
   5. The thing which causes maximum fear is the mirror used by the dentist because...
   6. The dentist applied a solution to the entire mouth which the narrator believes is...
2. 2.

   How and why does a patient change the line on his palm?
3. 3.

   Why does the narrator feel that all the nerves in his head are 'being irked on'?

4. 4.

   The narrator has compared dental work to a particular form or torture. What is that?
5. 5.

   Which dental treatment is the narrator undergoing?

   1. root canal treatment
   2. extraction of a tooth
   3. polishing of teeth
6. 6.

   Is the narrator able to walk straight after the treatment? Why? Which word has been used to describe his walk?