Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given below it :
About five hundred years ago, a town called Hamelin, in north Germany was over-run with rats. The rats were so big that they used to fight the dogs and kill the cats and bite the babies in the cradles. At last, all the people came to the town hall to see the Mayor, who was the chief man of the town. They begged him to do something to rid them of the rats. The next day, the Mayor held a meeting. A tall man wearing long coat from heel to head entered the hall. He went up to the table and said, “I can rid your town of rats, if you pay me one thousand pieces of gold.” “We shall be glad to give you much more than that, to be rid of the rats”, said the Mayor.
1. Where was Hamelin?
2. Why were the people of Hamelin afraid of rats?
3. Why did the people of the town go to the town hall?
4. What did they do to get rid of the rats?
5. Explain the italicized words in the passage.
6. Give a suitable title to the above passage.
