Christy Brown: Resumen de Mi Pie Izquierdo y Preguntas de Comprensión Lectora

- According to Chris, there was something special about Delahunt. What was it? He was happy when she visited him. It wasn’t necessary to talk to understand. She was his dream-girl. Maybe, Chris fell in love with her.

- Why did a newspaper reporter and photographer come to visit Chris? Because he participated in a Christmas painting competition and won.

- How did the family find out that Chris had won the competition? Because his father saw the notice in the newspaper.

- Why didn’t Chris use his left foot in the presence of other people? Because people thought using the left foot to paint and write was a privilege. But Chris wanted to be ordinary and to be like the other boys.

- Why did Chris decide to begin writing stories? Because he wanted to try new experiences.

- How did Chris feel when he was 17? He was so sad. He knew he wasn’t a normal boy; people saw him and laughed about him… He wanted to be free and to be able to do things by himself.

- Why did Dr Collis come to visit Chris? To tell him there was a treatment for cerebral palsy.

- How did Chris’s prospects change after Dr Collis’s visit? First, he was confused, but then he was happy. He hoped he could be a normal boy.

- How did Chris’s mother make her husband and children build Chris a house in the garden? The kitchen was a small room; Chris needed more space to do his exercises. So his mother thought it might be a great idea to build a house in the garden. She bought materials and started alone. When the father saw her, he and the children helped her build it.

- Why did Dr Collis decide to send Chris to London to see his sister-in-law? Because Mrs Eirene Collis was a specialist in cerebral palsy, and she had to examine Chris to know if the treatment was possible.

- What did Mrs Collis tell Chris when the examination was over? She told him that he could be cured, but he had to stop using his left foot.

- According to Mrs Collis, why did Chris have to stop using his left foot? Because, if he continued using his left foot, it wouldn’t be good for him physically.

- On the first day at the clinic, Chris was told to relax and watch. What did he gain from that experience? He saw the other happy children playing. Chris discovered that they were lucky, because the children weren’t aware of their physical and intellectual limitations. But Chris knew he wasn’t a normal boy, so he was determined to continue with the treatment, because he wanted to recover.

- What effect did Chris’s experiences at the clinic have upon him? He wanted to tell everyone about his experiences, but he couldn’t because he mustn’t use his left foot.

- How did Chris manage to write the first manuscript? He helped his brother Eamonn, so he had to do the same. Chris told him that he must write.

- What did Chris realise after they had written almost four hundred pages of manuscript? Chris felt the manuscript was awful, because he had a poor vocabulary. So he decided to write a note to Dr Collis, to help him with the manuscript.