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MOMENTS


                                                     THE LAST LEAF
        Questions based on an extract

        A.  Sue tried her best to make Johnsy take an interest in things around her. She talked about clothes and
            fashions, but Johnsy did not respond. Johnsy continued to lie still on her bed. Sue brought her drawing-
            board into Johnsy’s room and started painting. To take Johnsy’s mind off her illness, she whistled while
            working.

        Q1. Why did Sue talk about clothes and fashion?
        Q2. Why did Johnsy continue to lie still on her bed?
        Q3. Why did Sue bring her drawing-board into Johnsy’s room?
        Q4. Which value of Sue’s character is revealed through these lines?

        B.  Sue rushed down. Behrman lived on the ground floor. He was a sixty-year-old painter. His lifelong dream
            was to paint a masterpiece but that had remained a dream. Sue poured out her worries to Behrman.
            She told him how Johnsy was convinced that she would die when the last leaf fell.

        Q1. What was his lifelong dream? Why has it remained unfulfilled so far?
        Q2. Why did Sue pour out her worries to Behrman?
        Q3. Why do you think Behrman listened to Sue?
        Q4. Find out a phrase from the above given extract which means “to freely express an emotion” .

        C.  The last leaf has shown me how wicked I have been. I have realised that it is a sin to want to die.” Sue
            hugged Johnsy. Then she gave her lots of hot soup and a mirror. Johnsy combed her hair and smiled
            brightly. In the afternoon the doctor came. After examining his patient he told Sue, “Johnsy now has the
            will to live. I am confident she’ll recover soon. Now I must go downstairs and see Behrman. He is also
            suffering from pneumonia. But I am afraid, there is no hope for him.”

        Q1. When did Sue hug Johnsy? Why?
        Q2. Why did Sue give her soup?
        Q3. Why did Sue give her a mirror too?
        Q4. What made Johnsy smile brightly?

        D.  “Sue tried her best to make Johnsy take an interest in things around her. She talked about clothes and
            fashions, but Johnsy did not respond. Johnsy continued to lie still on her bed. Sue brought her drawing-
            board into Johnsy’s room and started painting. To take Johnsy’s mind off her illness, she whistled while
            working. Suddenly Sue heard Johnsy whisper something. She quickly rushed to the bed and heard
            Johnsy counting backwards.”

        Q1. List the things Sue did to divert Johnsy’s attention from her illness.
        Q2. Why did Sue come to Johnsy’s room?
        Q3. Why was Johnsy counting backwards?
        Q4. Find a word from the given extract which means the same as “speaking very softly” .



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