The Last Lesson by Sukhpreet Singh
The Last Lesson Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow: 1.Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time!” I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel’s little garden all out of breath i. Why was the narrator in hurry and where was he heading to? ii. “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time!” Why did Wachter say so? iii. What impact did Wachter’s statement had on Franz? 2. But now it was all so still! I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning. Through the window I saw my classmates, already in their places, and M. Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm. I had