5. What was Behrman's dream? Did it come true? How?
6. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? Why did his mother go back
inside?
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5.Behrman’s dream is to paint a Masterpiece. This dream does come true but only with his death. He Paints an Ivy leaf on a wall. He works in the cold winter rain. He catches pneumonia and dies. His painting proves a masterpiece. Even Johnsy who is herself an artist, can't know that it is not a real leaf.
6. His mother ran back into the house. She had brought out a small metal box full of important documents. She wanted to bring out important things from the house one by one. She was in a 'crazed state'
One Sunday afternoon the author notices smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. At first, the mother comes out of the house with her son. Then she runs back into the house and comes out carrying a small metal box full of important documents. Then she again runs back into the house to collect something other.