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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
2. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?
3. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?
4. Where did the daughter see the man go after he left them?
5. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
2. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
3. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
4. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
5. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
6. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
7. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
8. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
9. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
10. Why did the old man not walk home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in The Umbrella Man, what color would it be? Why?
Essay Topic 2
The mother and daughter observe the old man drinking whiskey in a pub. How important does drinking whiskey seem to be to the old man? Does he seem to be addicted to alcohol?
Essay Topic 3
The mother is not sure whether to help the old man or not. Why does the mother hesitate to help the old man? Why is she suspicious? What alleviates her suspicions and causes her to make the decision to give the man a pound?
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