The Rattrap -Selma Lagerlof)Very Short Ans-Questions -Useful for Comprehension Passages

 4. The Rattrap (Selma Lagerlof)

Very Short Ans/Questions (Useful for Comprehension Passages)

1.  The name of the writer of ‘The Rattrap’ is

Ans.   Salma Lagerlof

2.  The man-made rattraps from the material he got by begging.

3.  He made his living by begging, thieving, and selling rat traps.

4   What gleamed through the man’s eyes ?

Ans.   hunger

5.  His business of selling rattraps has not been profitable

6.  The crofter was without a wife or child.

7.  He served the rattrap seller porridge in super.

8.  He played ‘mjolis’ (a game of play card) with the rattrap seller.

9.  He also shared confidences and showed him (the rattrap seller) his thirty kronor (three wrinkled ten kronor notes)

10.     The rattrap seller did not expect the kind of hospitality which he received from the crofter.

11.     The crofter lived alone. He had no one to talk to. So he was talkative and friendly with the peddler.

12.     The crofter thought that the peddler was not believing about 30 kronor. So he showed them to him.                            

13.     The peddler did not respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter. He robbed him of his thirty kronor.

14.     The crofter did not go on the public highway. He was afraid of being caught.

15.     He entered the Ramsjo ironworks to pass the night.

16. Master Smith gave him a haughty consent without honouring him with a word.

17.     The ironmaster mistook the peddler for his old acquaintance.

18.     Iron master’s daughter Elizabeth is dead, his boys are abroad; he lives with his oldest daughter -Edla Williamsson.

19.     The name of the master blacksmith is Stjernstorm

20.     The name of the old acquaintance of the ironmaster is captain Von Stable.

21.     Edla Williamson came in a carriage to take the peddler with her. Her valet was also with her.

22.     She was not at all pretty, but seemed modest and shy.

23.     The peddler was used to sleeping with one eye open.

24.     Edla guessed that the peddler had either stolen something or escaped from jail.

25.     Edla gave her fur coat to the peddler and he wore it on his rags.

26.     The valet made the peddler bathe, cut his hair, and shaved him.

27.     He was also dressed in a good-looking suit of the ironmaster.

28.     Now, the peddler was recognised in the broad daylight. He was not the real captain So, the ironmaster at once ordered him to leave his house as.

29.     But, Edla didn’t let him go.

30.     For the whole forenoon he lay asleep on a sofa.

31.     In the evening, he ate Christmas fish and porridge.

32.     At Church, Edla came to know that the rattrap seller had robbed the old crofter.

33.     He left a small rattrap with three wrinkled ten kronor notes and also a letter.