The Last Leaf Date- 13/8/21 Topics Covered- Reading and explanation of the chapter. New words 1.congenial 2.swaggered 3.curative 4.satyr 5.derision 6.twilight Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. “She has one chance in-let us say, ten,” he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer, “and that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she’s not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?” Who is the ‘little lady’ mentioned in the text? The ‘little lady’ is Johnsy who is suffering from pneumonia. Why does the ‘little lady’ have just one in a ten chances of recovery? The little lady just has one in a ten chances of recovery because she has lost all her will to live and thus even the medicines fail to have any po