The Rattrap Summary is a story about a rattrap seller who leads a very poor life as his earnings are very low. He has to resort to thievery and begging to make both ends meet.
He is alone in this whole world and leads a miserable life. So he starts knitting up various kinds of thoughts. One of these thoughts is of supposing the whole world as a big rattrap. His views are that the world offers us various types of baits in the form of comforts of life. This in return traps us into the rattrap of the world and leads us to various types of miseries.
Every night, the peddler had to search for shelter as he has no home. One evening he was offered shelter by an old crofter. The next morning he stole the crofter’s money which he had earned by selling his cow’s milk. To safeguard himself, the peddler chose the path through the forest which was secluded, but soon found himself trapped in the forest as he wasn’t able to find the way out of the dense forest.
Later on, he finds a way to a forge and takes shelter there. Something unusual happens. The ironmaster mistakes him as an old friend and invites him to his house. The poor peddler rejects the offer due to the fear of being caught. Soon he is invited by the ironmaster‘s daughter. The next morning he is somehow stopped by the ironmaster’s daughter for Christmas Eve even after being caught that he was a peddler and not Captain Stahle.
The next day after Christmas, when the ironmaster and his daughter visit the church, they come to know that the man is a thief who had stolen money from the old crofter. The ironmaster and his daughter repent for sheltering a thief and wonder at what all things he would have stolen by that time. Here comes a twist as instead of stealing, the peddler gifts the ironmaster’s daughter a rattrap. She finds a letter of thanks and the stolen money inside the rattrap.
The peddler thanks Edla for her kindness and requests her to return the stolen money to the crofter. This story gives us the message that goodness in a human being can be awakened at any time with your own good deeds.
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1 The stranger’s reaction to the ironmaster was
(a) he made no attempt to hide his feelings
(b) he was angry
(c) he denied it completely
(d) he started screaming
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2 Where did the crofter hang his pouch?
(a) loft
(b) window frame
(c) door
(d) cupboard
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3 What gift did Edla receive from the peddler?
(a) Ten kronor notes
(b) Three kronor notes
(c) Thirty kronors
(d) Thirteen kronor notes
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4 The tramp argued with the ironmaster saying that
(a) he could just go back
(b) he was smarter than them
(c) he could celebrate Christmas
(d) he did not want to marry Edla
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2. 5 What worked as a bait for the peddler?
(a) joys
(b) shelter
(c) food
(d) money
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6 What would have happened if Edla would have gone by her
father’s decision?
(a) the peddler would have gone back to his old ways
(b) the peddler would have changed any way
(c) the peddler would have never got out of the forge
(d) the peddler’s perception would have changed
1
7 When did the peddler make the rattraps?
(a) Happy moments
(b) Odd moments
(c) Difficult Moments
(d) Disrtractive moments
1
8 The rattrap peddler gave the ironmaster a lecture on
(a) how the world is a rat trap
(b) how to be honest
(c) how to be ethically correct
(d) how to be professional
1
9 What did the ironmaster’s daughter say when the peddler
was about to leave?
(a) she asked him to stay for that day only
(b) she said she wanted to go with him
(c) she told him not to mind what her father had said
(d) she asked him to leave after 2 days
1
10 The reaction of the ironmaster to the peddler’s lecture was
that
(a) he shouted at him
(b) he made fun of him
(c) he laughed
(d) he slapped him
1
11 The daughter wanted the peddler to stay so that he could
(a) enjoy at least Christmas with them
(b) eat a meal with them
(c) play cards with them
(d) play a game of poker with them
1
3. 12 The rattrap peddler spent most of his Christmas Eve
(a) laughing
(b) singing
(c) playing
(d) sleeping
1
13 What did the package left for Edla contain?
(a) a small rattrap with 30 kroner on it
(b) a small bangle
(c) a necklace
(d) a diamond ring
1
14 The rattrap peddler left a note with the package. The note
was signed as
(a) the peddler
(b) the thief
(c) the tramp
(d) captain Von Stahle
1
15 Where did the ironmaster and his daughter learn that the
peddler was a thief?
(a) at the church
(b) at the market
(c) at a play
(d) in the house of a friend
1
16 Why did the peddler turn to the forest?
(a) Highway was full of thieves
(b) Highway was full of traffic
(c) He was in fear of being caught
(d) The forest interested him more
1
17 Who is the author of The Rattrap?
A) Selma Lagerlof
B) Thomas B. Allen
C) Howard Phillips
D) Sudha Murthy
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18 Which country does the author belong to?
A) Singapore
B) Sydney
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4. C) Sweden
D) Switzerland
19 Sweden Mines are rich in which ore?
A) Brass
B) copper
C) steel
D) iron ore
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20 What made the Peddler finally change his heart?
A) Edla's words
B) Edla's appearance
C) Edla's father
D) Edla's goodness and care
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21 What was the Peddler's profession and who he was?
A) selling, traveller
B) begging, traveller
C) stealing, thief
D) none
1
22 How much money had the peddler stolen from Crofter?
A) 20 kronors
B) 10 kronors
C) 40 kronors
D) 30 kronors
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23 Why did the Peddler decline the invitation?
A) because he had stolen money
B) he wanted to run
C) he wanted to hide money
D) he wanted to go back to his place
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24 Why did the Peddler have to resort to begging and thievery? 1
5. A) poverty
B) miserable life
C) because of non-profiatability of his business
D) none
25 From where did the Peddler get the idea of the world being a
Rattrap?
A) from his friends' situation
B) from Crofter's behavior
C) from Edla's words
D) from his circumstances and miserable life condition
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