CLASS 9
THE LAST LEAF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He was old and his immune system was weak.
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He stopped taking his medicine.
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He became sick while painting the leaf
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Behrman caught pneumonia because he was out in the cold, rainy night standing on a ladder and painting a leaf on the ivy on the wall across Johnsy’s window. The last leaf is not a leaf at all. But it pulls Johnsy out of her deep conviction that she is going to die.
Detailed explanation-2: -He is initially dismissive of the idea that leaves on a vine could have anything to do with Johnsy’s health, but ultimately goes outside on a cold and rainy night to paint a realistic-looking leaf onto the wall outside her window so that she will think one last leaf has miraculously survived the storm.
Detailed explanation-3: -Behrman had worked through the snow to paint the leaf outside Johnsy’s window. He died from pneumonia. He sacrificed his own life to save Johnsy’s life. Thus, the last leaf painted on the wall became his masterpiece.
Detailed explanation-4: -The leaf painted by him was a masterpiece. He fulfilled his desire but as he had been out in the storm, he fell ill. He suffered pneumonia and could not fight it. Behrman lost his life in this process.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sue looked after Johnsy and she informed Behrman about her condition. It was a stormy night and there was a single leaf on the creeper. Behrman thought that the leaf would fall that stormy night. So he decided to paint the leaf on the wall.