CLASS 9
THE BEGGAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He was very poor
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He was a student
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He was a student who had been expelled.
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He is ill
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Detailed explanation-1: -The beggar told Sergei when he met him that he was a hungry man. He had nothing to eat. He had been a village school teacher for eight years. He requested him to have pity on him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answers. The beggar, Lushkoff, requested Sergei to have pity on him and give himsome money to feed himself. He told that had been a village school teacher for many years. Sergei had seen him earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans: –A close look at the beggar’s face made Sergei think that he had seen the man somewhere before. Then his eyes fell on his overshoes, one of which was high and the other was low. This made Sergei remember suddenly that he had seen this beggar in Sadovya Street a couple of days before.
Detailed explanation-4: -What two lies did he tell Sergei? Ans. When the beggar met Sergei for the first time, he told him that he was a student and had been expelled from the college. When he met Sergei, for the second time, he told him that he had been offered a position in Kaluga, but he had no money for the fare to get there.