CLASS 9
THE LAST LEAF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Pneumonia kills everyone
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Johnsy had terminal cancer
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Johnsy belived that she would die
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The doctor was worried because there was no improvement in Johnsy’s condition. He felt that Johnsy was not responding to treatment because she had made up her mind not to do so. He felt she had lost her will to live and hence the medicines were not going to be useful to her.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the doctor not think that Johnsy would live? Pneumonia kills everyone. Johnsy had terminal cancer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the doctor confused about Johnsy’s illness? Ans: The doctor was confused because no medicine was proving effective on Johnsy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The doctor said “Johnsy, it seems, has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. If she doesn’t want to live, medicines will not help her.”
Detailed explanation-5: -Johnsy was emotionally disturbed. She developed a belief that she would die with the fall of the last leaf on the creeper. She started counting the leaves. In fact, she had an attack of depression too.