The Last Leaf 9th English

 

Lesson:- The Last Leaf 

The  Last  Leaf

Q.1. Who was Johnsy and Sue? What happened to Johnsy?

Ans. They were young artists and friends. Johnsy was seriously ill .She had  Pneumonia.

Q.2. What did Johnsy feel about her illness?

Ans. She thought she would die with the fall of the last ivy leaf.

Q. 3  What did Sue do to make Johnsy feel happy ?

Ans.She talked about fashion,new clothes and art. She whistled during painting.

      Or

Ans. Sue brought her drawing board into Johnsy’s room and painted there and kept whistling to keep Johnsy’s mind off from her illness.

Q.4. Why did Johnsy look at the ivy leaves carefully?

Ans. She thought she would die with the fall of the last ivy leaf.

Or

Ans. She linked her health with the fall of the leaves.

Q.5 Who was Behrman?

Ans. He was a sixty years old painter. He wanted to paint a masterpiece. He lived in same building.

Q. 6  Why did  Sue call Behrman to her room?

Ans. Johnsy thought she would die with the fall  last leaf. Sue wanted Behrman to paint a similar leaf on the wall. 

Or

Johnsy thought she would die with the fall of the last ivy leaf. This was a nonsense. Sue called him to convince her.

Q 7. How was Johnsy saved?

Ans. Behrman painted an ivy leaf on the wall. Johnsy saw the last leaf still there. She regained her will to live and was saved.

Q.8 . What happened to Behrman and why?

Ans. He painted an ivy leaf to save Johnsy. He worked in a stormy night and got pneumonia. He died after two days.

Q 9 What was Behrman's masterpiece?

Ans. The ivy leaf , he painted to save Johnsy, was his masterpiece.

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