The Last Leaf-O'Henry|English questions and answers

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The Last Leaf
O'Henry

About the author

William Sydney Porter- American short story writer is known by his pen name O Henry. While in prison, he began writing short stories in order to support his daughter Margaret. His first published story was'Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking '(1899). He used the pseudonym Oliver Henry only once and changed his pen name to O. Henry, not wanting his readers to know that he was in prison. He has written nearly 600 short stories which are known for witty plot, surprise endings, warm characterization of awkward and difficult situations.

Short Answer Questions :

1. What does "places" refer to?

In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips.These are called "places" and they make strange angles and curves.

2. Whom did Mr. Pneumonia infect?

Mr.Pneumonia had infected Johnsy.

3. Mention the similar tastes of Sue and Johnsy.

Sue and Johnsy had similar tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves.

4. Why did Sue ask the doctor to come home?

Johnsy was infected with pneumonia and was very ill and weak.So Sue asked the doctor to come home.

5. The "Little lady" mentioned by the doctor refers to Johnsy______.

6. According to the doctor, chances of Johnsy's recovery from pneumonia are little. Give reasons.

According to the doctor,Johnsy had one chance in ten , and that chance was for her to want to live. Johnsy had made up her mind that she was not going to get well.So the doctor felt that her chances for recovery from pneumonia were little.

7. Sue and Johnsy were artists. True / False.

True.

8. What was Johnsy counting? Why?

Johnsy was looking out the window and counting backward the leaves of an old, ivy vine which was shedding its leaves due to seasonal change.She linked her remaining life with the remaining leaves of the ivy wine and assumed that when the last leaf falls her life also ends.

9. What is special about the houses in Greenwich village?

Greenwich was a very charming village and the houses in Greenwich village had north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents.

10. What did Sue hear while she was painting?

While Sue was painting she heard a low sound, several times repeated and she saw that Johnsy's eyes were open wide and she was looking out of the window and counting backward.

11. What was Behrman's dream?

Behrman's dream was to paint a masterpiece, but he had never yet begun that.

12. Johnsy and Sue were surprised to find that in spite of the storm and

gusty wind,______.

a) the single ivy leaf had withered

b) the single ivy leaf had fallen

c) the single ivy leaf still clung to the vine

d) the single ivy leaf was destroyed

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Paragraph Questions and answers

1.Describe Greenwich in your words

Greenwich is a very charming village with cheap rents in the neighbourhood and because of that it came to be known as artist's neighbourhood.Many artists mainly painters had inhabited the Greenwich village as they could find cheaper accommodation.It was quaint with dutch attire and eighteenth century gables.The way streets and squares were twisted and made odd angles were notable of this village.

2.What was bothering Johnsy as she lay on her sick bed

Johnsy was sick and pneumonia has affected not only her body but also her mind.She became obsessed with an old ivy creeper shedding leaves one by one due to the season which she could see through her window.She started linking the dwindling number of leaves with her remaining days of life.Her mind was obsessed with the thought that once the last leaf falls she will die.Every time she looks through her window this thought was coming to her mind and it was bothering Johnsy .

3.How is Pneumonia personified in the story

In the story Pneumonia is personified by the author in different ways.He calls the disease as Mr. Pneumonia. The use of personification by the author helps the reader to have a better understanding of what the disease is like.Mr.Pneumonia is described as "not a nice old chivalric gentleman".Even though he was new and well known in busy streets, he was not known to the calm and small Greenwich village. He is referred to as a cold unseen stranger who stalked Greenwich village and laid his icy fingers on his victims.

The disease is also compared to a ravager.It is also referred to as red fisted,short breathed old duffer.This gives pneumonia an image of an old man who is ruthless and revolting who is cold at heart and has icy fingers and his latest victim is Johnsy, whom the author describes as a mite of a little woman.By personifying the disease the author is giving a realistic image to Johnsy's opponent .By personifying the disease,the pneumonia becomes a relevant character in the story,which would otherwise be just known as a disease.

4.Write a note on doctor's diagnosis.

According to the doctor Johnsy was suffering from pneumonia and her chances of survival was one in ten.That chance also depends on her desire to live.The doctor was worried about her as he felt that she had made up her mind that she was not going to get well.He asks her friend Sue whether Johnsy had anything to live for or if anything is weighing her mind.The doctor felt that unless Johnsy makes up her mind that she will live he cannot do anything .

5.How did Behrman saved Johnsy's life

Behrman saved Johnsy's life by sacrificing himself at the altar of art.The lesson Last leaf is about his extreme sacrifice that infuses life in a young depressed woman.According to the doctor Johnsy's illness could be cured if she had the will to live.Her failing health was due to her mental depression than pneumonia.

When Behrman came to know about Johnsy's condition from her friend Sue, he decides to take upon the task of saving her life .He made a single handed effort to brave icy winds and rain to reach the window and paints a leaf which loomed exactly like the original one.This green leaf which was still remaining on the vine in spite of heavy rain and wind gave Johnsy the hope that she may survive the illness.This new hope finally saved her life.Thus Behrman's masterpiece painting saved Johnsy's life.

6.What was Behrmans masterpiece according to Sue and why?

According to Sue ,The last leaf was Behrmans masterpiece.She calls it a masterpiece because it rekindled the hope of living in Johnsy's heart.When Sue told Behrman about Johnsy's illness he immediately wanted to help her.So on that stormy night he painted the last ivy leaf exactly looking like the original one.Seeing the last leaf still on the creeper Johnsy was filled with new hope and she realises that it was sin to want to die.Seeing the last leaf give her hope that she is going to survive the illness and because of that she was able to recover from her illness.Since it was Behrmans painting of last leaf which saved Johnsy's life Sue considers it as his masterpiece.

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Essay Question

1.Justify the title The last Leaf with reference to the theme of sacrifice

The Last Leaf written by O'Henry is all about an old man's sacrifice for a young woman artist Johnsy. Sue and Johnsy were two young artists living together in a brick house.On the ground floor of the same building an old man named Behrman lived who was also a painter like them.When Johnsy became sick with pneumonia she became totally depressed.Pneumonia had affected not only her body but also her mind.She used to lie on her bed and keep looking through the window on the old ivy creeper which was shedding its leaves due to season.She started linking the dwindling number of leaves with her remaining days of life.Her mind was obsessed with the thought that once the last leaf falls she will die.Every time she looks through her window this thought was coming to her mind and it was bothering Johnsy .According to the doctor Johnsy was suffering from pneumonia and her chances of survival was one in ten.That chance also depends on her desire to live.The doctor felt that unless Johnsy makes up her mind that she will live he cannot do anything .

When Behrman came to know about Johnsy's condition from her friend Sue, he initially thought of it as foolishness.But the old man liked the two girls and had an attachment towards them .So he decides to take upon the task of saving her life.It was a very stormy night and heavy rain was splitting outside the window .Sue closed the windows that night as she did not wanted Johnsy to see the last leaf falling down.On that stormy night Behrman made a single handed effort to brave icy winds and rains and with the help of a ladder he managed to reach the window and with the help of a lantern paints a leaf which looked exactly like the original one.But the old man was drenched in the rain and the icy cold wind and rain is getting him affected with pneumonia. and later he dies in the hospital.

In the next morning when the girls see that the last leaf was still remaining on the vine in spite of the heavy rain and wind they were so surprised.This green leaf which was still remaining on the vine in spite of storm gave Johnsy the hope that she may survive the illness.Seeing the last leaf still on the creeper Johnsy was filled with new hope and she realises that it was sin to want to die.The last leaf give her hope that she is going to survive the illness and because of that she was able to recover from her illness.Since it was Behrmans painting of last leaf which saved Johnsy's life Sue considers it as his masterpiece.This new hope finally saved her life.It was the sacrifice of old Behrman which finally saved Johnsy's life.

Behrman saved Johnsy's life by sacrificing himself at the altar of art.The lesson Last leaf is about his extreme sacrifice that infuses life in a young depressed woman.The title "The last leaf" is hence apt as the last leaf stands for the extreme sacrifice of Behrman for saving Johnsy's life.

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