General English Notes by Sahil Sharifdin Bhat  JKBOSE. Class 12th. Flamingo & Vistas.  Lesson 1  THE LAST LESSON  [Alphonse Daudet]  Textual Questions Think as You Read Q1. What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day? Ans: Franz was supposed to prepare the lesson on participles because M. Hamel, his French teacher, had announced that he would question the students on it. However, Franz had not prepared his lesson and knew nothing about participles. He was afraid of being scolded by his teacher. He even thought of staying away from school and spending the day outside. The warm weather, birds chirping and Prussian soldiers drilling in the open field seemed more attractive to him than going to school. Q2. What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day? Ans: Franz noticed that everything was unusually quiet at school that day. Normally, there was a lot of noise caused by students opening and closing their desks, repeating th...