The Rattrap
What did the peddler write to Edla in his letter? Expected
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Why did the peddler sign himself as “Captain Von Stahle”?
The peddler wrote since you have been nice to me all day long, as if I were a captain. So I want to be nice to you as a real captain. I do not want to be embarrassed at this Christmas season as a thief. You can give back the money to the old crofter. The rattrap is a present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to captain, because in that way he got power to clear himself” So he siged himself as Captain Von Sahle.
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Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
Why did he show the thirty kronor to the peddler?
Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter?
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How did the peddler betray the confidence reposed in him by the Crofter in the rattrap?
What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?
Why did the ironmaster speak kindly to the peddler and invite him home?
Why did the peddler decline the invitation?
What made the peddler accept Edla Willmansson’s invitation?
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Having rejected the ironmaster’s invitation. Why did the peddler accept the one extended by his daughter?
What doubts did Edla have about the peddler?
When did the ironmaster realize his mistake?
What did the peddler say in his defence when it was clear that he was not the person the Ironmaster had thought he was?
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