Table of Contents
- 1 Why did Don Anselmo feel offended?
- 2 Why did Americans offer double Don Anselmo?
- 3 What was the reply of Don Anselmo to the storytellers complaint?
- 4 Why did Don Anselmo not sell the trees?
- 5 How did the old man treat the people who had been waiting for him?
- 6 Why did the story teller offer more money to the old man?
Why did Don Anselmo feel offended?
Answer: e) Don Anselmo lived up in Rio en Medio. a) The storyteller offered Don Anselmo more money than what had been agreed upon. h) Don Anselmo felt offended when he was offered more money.
Why is it surprising that Don Anselmo did not take the extra money for his land?
Why did Don Anselmo say it was an insult to ask him to take more money than what was agreed upon? He isn’t very smart about money and thinks they’re trying to trick him. He hates American money & doesn’t want to sell his land. The old man’s honor will not allow him to go back on his word.
Why did Americans offer double Don Anselmo?
Ans.: The Americans were good people and when they found that Don Anselmo owned more than eight acres of !and, they offered to pay double the price they had quoted earlier.
Where did Don Anselmo live old?
Ans: The old man lived in Rio en Medio where his people had been for hundreds of years. He tilled the same land they had tilled.
What was the reply of Don Anselmo to the storytellers complaint?
Don Anselmo replied that he had sold his property to the Americans because they were good people, but he did not sell them the trees.
What makes you feel that Don Anselmo was a man of principles?
Don Anselmo was a man of his principles because he has sold the land for the price that he agreed for. Explanation: The price of land has increased and he can get more money for the land but he decided to sell the land at the price which he has promised to sell for.
Why did Don Anselmo not sell the trees?
According to Don Anselmo he didn’t sell the trees because the trees belong to the children of Rio-en-Medio .: b.
What kind of man is Don Anselmo?
Don Anselmo was a gentleman and the oldest inhabitant of Rio en Medio. He took possession of the property from his mother. Since then he began to plant a tree for every child born in Rio en Medio. This shows that he loved the children,trees and his land.
How did the old man treat the people who had been waiting for him?
The old man greeted the people who had been waiting for him by bowing – bowed to all of them.
What was the reply of Don Anselmo to the story teller’s complaint?
Why did the story teller offer more money to the old man?
Answer: According to land Surveyor, the land was doubled so the storyteller offered the old man almost the double amount because it is fair and just as usual. He was the man of principles, so according to him it was not fair to accept more money than agreed before.
How did the world man greet the people who had been waiting for him?
Explanation: The old man greeted the people who had been waiting for him by bowing – bowed to all of them.