who occupied the back benches in the classroom that day of the last lesson?why?
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When Franz entered his school, he found a pin-drop silence. This was very surprising for him. Secondly, M. Hamel asked him to enter the class and take his seat politely. Thirdly, he was astonished to see that the village people were also present in the class. They have occupied the last benches. The village people were very sad and worried. The reason for their sadness was that from now onwards German would be taught in the schools of French districts of Alsace and Lorraine.
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The old men of the village occupied the back benches that day during M Hamel's last lesson because they were sorry that they hadn't attended school more often.
They also wanted to thank their teacher for his forty years of faithful service and to show their respect for the country that was theirs no longer.