2. Why do you think Mrs. Lomond committed suicide? 3. Why was the play given the title “A basketful of sea trout”? 4. Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector? 5. How does he describe the old kind of teachers? 6. How was the Last Leaf the artist’s masterpiece? What makes you say so?
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1. Mrs Jean Lomond committed suicide for the sake of her son because she did not want that her son should be rearrested if the case of Nellie Salter's murder was reopened. So, she wrote down a statement, confessing Nellie's murder and then committed suicide.
2. The play is about the murder mystery of Nellie Salter, a beautiful young woman. ... So, the play is given the title 'A Basketful of Sea Trouts' as the gratitude gift which Mr Lomond brought for the judge helped them to solve the murder mystery of Nellie Salter.
3. Margie's mother sent for the County Inspector because the mechanical teacher was not functioning efficiently. It had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse.
4. Tommy describes the old kind of teachers as living human beings who did not live in the house. Instead, they taught the students in a special building. They taught the children in groups and gave them homework. Note: Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers.
5. Behrman's Masterpiece was a single Ivy leave that was painted on the brick wall. Behrman's masterpiece was the picture of the leaves he drew. Sue said so because it was so real and was soconvincing to Johnsy that it was a real leaf, that it saved Johnsy's life.
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