The Last Leaf

Where did Sue and Johnsy live?

• Boston Common

• Greenwich Village

• Brooklyn

• Central Park West

There were a few leaves on the vine outside the window because...

• the wind was blowing the leaves away.
• people were picking the leaves.
• vines only have a few leaves.
• their neighbour was using the leaves in a painting.

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Who is the author of "The Last Leaf"?

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Shakespeare
• O. Henry
• Christopher Marlowe

What did Johnsy wish to paint?

• The Bay of Naples
• The Last Leaf
• A romantic sunset
• The Mediterranean

What was the disease that spread through the streets?

• Typhoid
• Influenza
• Cholera
• Pneumonia

What is pneumonia personified as in the story?

• a dragon

• a gentleman

• a fire

• a lion

What does Johnsy think will happen to her when the last leaf falls?

• She will get better.
• She will call the doctor.
• She will cry.
• She will die.

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The doctor said that she will die because she......

• can't buy the medicine

• misses her family

• lost the will to live

• is too sick

After the doctor visits with Johnsy in ''The Last Leaf'', what course of treatment does he suggest?

• He recommends strict bed-rest.
• He recommends sitting outside next to the trees.
• He recommends that she take an interest in a man or in the new winter fashions.
• He recommends that she enter hospice care.

What did Johnsy feel after seeing the last leaf still on the tree?

• She wanted to die.
• She wanted to go outside and pick it.
• She wanted to paint it.
• She felt motivated.