Read the passage given below and then answer the questions given below the passage. Some words may be highlighted for your attention. Read carefully.  

One day a man stopped Birbal in the street and began narrating his woes to him. "I am extremely broke and have walked twenty miles to see you," he told Birbal finally, "and all along the way people kept saying you were the most generous man in the country." Birbal knew what the man was seeking. "Are you going back the same way?" he asked. "Yes," said the man. "Will you do me a favor?" "Certainly," said the man. "What do you want me to do?" "Please deny the rumor of my generosity," said Birbal, walking away, praising himself that he can't be fooled so easily. He had noticed the jewels in the man's pocket and knew that he was a thug.