AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

THE LEAF

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The doctor said that she will die because she is too sick.
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“The Last Leaf” is a story of Johnsy, a poor young woman who is critically ill due to pneumonia. She believes that when the ivy vine on the wall outside her window would lose all its leaves, she would die too. However, her neighbor, Behrman, an artist, tricks her by painting a leaf on the wall. Johnsy recovers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under one year, prognoses tend to be accurate within three months. That may mean three months short or three months long, but prognoses are more often overly optimistic. Doctors of various types, nurses, and radiologists can all make survival estimates with relatively equal accuracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -March 7, 2008 — –Telling patients they’re going to die is less dramatic than one might think, and contrary to popular belief, most doctors refuse to estimate how many weeks or months patients have left to live.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mr Behrman died of pneumonia this morning. He was ill for only two days. The first day the janitorfound him on his bed.

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