The Spiders : Chapter 8Questions and answers:
- 1-Which part of the hospital was Ayman in ? Why ?
He was in intensive care because he was bitten by the black and yellow spiders.
- 2-What is a ventilator used for ?
It is used for maintaining breathing artificially.
- 3-What did the doctors make from the plants Wafaa Sultan brought ?
They made a medicine for the bites of the black and yellow spiders.
- 4-How did the medicine help Ayman ?
He began to breathe normally again in the morning and then he was well again.
- 5-Who were with Ayman when he woke up ?
When he woke up, his family were with him.
- 6-Where did Ayman and his family go in the afternoon ?
They went out to the roof terrace.
- 7-Where was the roof terrace ?
It was above the place where ambulances arrived.
- 8-Where could a picture of Ayman be seen ?
His picture could be seen in the newspaper and on television.
- 9-What did the newspaper say about Ayman ?
It said that he saved hundreds of lives.
- 10-What did Professor Malcolm say about Ayman’s education ?
He said that Ayman could go and study at Oxford University if he wanted to.
- 11-How did the Professor show his pleasure for discovering a new species of spider ?
He did so by giving Ayman a camera as a “Thank you” gift.
- 12-When do the spiders in the desert hurt people ?
The spiders hurt people when they disturb them.
- 13-Where did Ayman see the 7-legged female spider ?
He saw it on the wall near his sister Lamia.
- 14-What would have happened if Ayman had told his sister that the spider was
behind her ? If he had done so, she would have moved and the spider would have bitten her.
- 15-How did Ayman catch the spider ?
He blinded the spider with the flashlight and then knocked it into the aluminium case and shut it.
- 16-When did Ayman fall on the floor ?
He fell on the floor after the deadly black and yellow spider bit him.
- 17-What did Ayman see on the television screen ?
He saw his own photo on the television screen.
- 18-What would have happened without Ayman’s intelligence and bravery ?
Many thousands of people might have died.
- 19-Why were people throughout Egypt celebrating ?
They were celebrating because Ayman was still alive.
- 20-Why was it expected that Ayman would die from the female spider’s bite ?
He was expected to die because the female’s bite is very dangerous and there is no medicine for it.
- 21-Why didn’t the deadly female spider kill Ayman ?
It didn’t kill him because his body had produced a lot of antivenom when he was bitten the first time.