Question

One dark evening as he was trudging along the road, he caught sight of a little gray cottage by

the roadside and he knocked on the door to ask shelter for the night. Nor was he refused.

Instead of the sour faces which ordinarily met him, the owner, who was an old without wife or

child was happy to get someone to talk to in his loneliness. Immediately he put the porridge

pot on the fire and gave him supper; then he carved off such a big slice from his tobacco roll

that it was enough both for the stranger’s pipe and his own. Finally, he got out an old pack of

cards and played ‘mojlis’with his guest until bedtime. The old man was just as generous with

his confidences as with his porridge and tobacco. The guest was informed at once that in his

days of prosperity his host had been a crofter at Ramsjo Ironworks and had worked on the

land.

Questions-

1.One evening he was trudging along the road means___

a) he was searchingly walking

b) he was hastily walking

c) he was casually walking

d) he was frantically walking

2. How was he met by the owner of the cottage?

a) very happily

b) with sour face

c) with great excitement

d) he would now not be lonely

3. What was offered to him by the owner?

a) porridge and tobacco

b) cards and porridge

c) supper and tobacco

d) all of the above things.

4. What do you mean by the word “gray”?

a) light b) mix of black and white c) silent d) dark

5. Who is a crofter?

a) one who works in an iron fact
ory

b) Someone who lives and works on a croft

c) a farmer

d) a Blacksmith​

Answer 1

1. One evening he was trudging along the road means___

c) he was casually walking

The word trudging means walking very slowly with heavy steps due to tiredness or exhaustion.

2. How was he met by the owner of the cottage?

b) with a sour face

The owner of the cottage was alone and lonely because he had no wife or children.

3. What was offered to him by the owner?

d) all of the above things.

The owner of the house offered him porridge as supper and then tobacco. After that, he pulled out a pack of cards.

5. Who is a crofter?

b) Someone who lives and works on a croft

A croft is a small farmland and a crofter is someone who lives and works in a croft.