BOOTS FOR MULLER

LESSON TWELVE

BOOTS FOR MULLER

Match the words in the circle with their correct meanings given below. The nmber after each word indicates the paragraph where the word is found.

1. small 

Answer : slight 

2. uncontrolled, wild anger 

Answer : rage 

3. short trousers fastened below the knee

Answer : breeches

4. not real 

Answer : artificial 

5. noticeably 

Answer : prominently 

6. weak in body/health

Answer : frail 

7. few and hard to fnd

Answer : scarce

8. hollow; having fallen inwards

Answer : sunken 

9. great noise and much movement 

Answer : commotion 

10. tight fitting trousers with narrow legs 

Answer : drainpipes

11. with nervous anxiety/worry 

Answer : tensely

READ CAREFULLY

Read paragraphs 1 to 15 and say whether each of the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1. Kemmerich is sick in hospital.

True

2. All the patients were to be put into the hospital train.

True

3. All the patients were probably soldiers of war.

True

4. The narrator is thankful that Franz's legs were not amputated.

False

5. Franz knows that he'll never go home.

True

6. Franz would one day become a  head forester.

False

7. Franz is convinced that he would be able to live with artificial legs.

False

8. Franz wants his boots to be given to Muller because he knows he's dying and won't need them any longer.

True

 READ ON 

Read paragraphs 14 to 17 and complete the table below. One column shows the clean, healthy boy that Franz was. In the second column write phrases to contrast his present condition.

Franz as a boy	Franz now
1. must have been good in studies .	1. Lips have fallen away
2. was tidy (shining sleeves)	2. Mouth has become larger
3. was athletic (could do giant  turn on horizontal bar)	3. teeth stick out
4. silky hair	4. The flesh melts
	5. The forehead bulges more  prominently
	6. The cheekbones protrude
	7. eyes sunken

READ FURTHER 

Read paragraphs 18 to 32 and complete the statements below:

1. The narrator and Franz looked well built when they wore great drainpipes .

2. The orderly glances at Kemmerich because he wants the bed .

3. For the narrator,  the parting with Kemmerich is the most painful because they grew up together.

4. The doctor does not recognize Kemmerich as the patient in Bed 26 with amputated thigh because he had amputated five legs that day .

5. The narrator feels an uncontrollable anger because the the doctor shoved him away.

6. The sentence which hints that Muller would rather have liked to see Franz alive than have his boots is : Were Kemmerich alive and able to make any use of boots, then Muller would rather go barefoot over barbed wire than scheme how to get hold of them.

7. The narrator decided to take the boots for Muller because he can make good use of them.

8. From the extract we can conclude that war is a horrific event.