THE RATTRAP

The peddler’s rattraps were made of

• plastic

• wire

• aluminium

• wood

The rattrap peddler used to resort to

• preaching

• counselling

• teaching

• thievery and begging

The vagabond compared the whole world to a

• rattrap

• space

• universe

• planet

The peddler often thought about people who

• were priests

• were thieves

• who had been tempted to touch the bait

• had caught rats

The old man in the grey cottage

• got into an argument

• fought with the peddler

• shooed away the peddler

• welcomed the peddler

The old man and the peddler played a game after supper. The game was

• Ludo

• Snakes and ladders

• moulds

• rummy

The old man was very generous with his

• guest

• food

• money

• confidence

The old man told the peddler that he had been an

• Goldsmith

• carpenter

• crofter

• milkman

The crofter had received a payment of

• ten kroner

• twenty-five kroner

• thirty kroner

• forty kroner

What was the mistake made by the old man when the peddler was in his house?

• abused him

• showed him where he had kept his thirty kroner

• called the police

• he asked his address