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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Notice the words in bold in the following sentence.<br>
   “The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the <b>maw of the furnace</b> with a great deal of clatter”. This is a phrase that is used in the specific context of an iron plant.<br>
   Pick out other such phrases and words from the story that are peculiar to the terminology of ironworks.

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2. Pick out other examples of the use of reflexive pronouns from the story and notice how they are used.

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3. You came across the words, plod, trudge, stagger in the story. These words indicate movement accompanied by weariness. Find five other such words with a similar meaning.

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4. The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as “peddler, stranger” etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him.

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5. Discuss the following in groups of four. Each group can deal with one topic. Present the views of your group to the whole
   class.<br>
   The story is both entertaining and philosophical.

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6. Have you known/heard of an episode where a good deed or an act of kindness has changed a person’s view of the world?

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7. Discuss the following in groups of four. Each group can deal with one topic. Present the views of your group to the whole
   class.<br>
   The story also focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with others.

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8. Discuss the following in groups of four. Each group can deal with one topic. Present the views of your group to the whole
   class.<br>
   The reader’s sympathy is with the peddler right from the beginning of the story. Why is this so? Is the sympathy justified?

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9. The peddler comes out as a person with a subtle sense of humour. How does this serve in lightening the seriousness of the theme of the story and also endear him to us?

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10. How does the metaphor of the rattrap serve to highlight the human predicament?

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