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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 121-123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the incident that the narrator describes happen?
(a) Two days ago.
(b) Yesterday evening.
(c) Yesterday morning.
(d) Three days ago.

2. What did the mother do as she considered the man's request to trade the umbrella for money?
(a) Leaned against the building.
(b) Pulled her daughter closer to her.
(c) Chewed her lower lip.
(d) Twirled a lock of hair.

3. How old did the narrator believe that the man might be who came up to her and her mother?
(a) 75.
(b) 82.
(c) 60 or more.
(d) 70 or more.

4. What color hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) Gray.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Silver.
(d) White.

5. What time did the narrator and her mother leave the cafe?
(a) Around 7.
(b) About 6.
(c) 5:45.
(d) 5:30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girl wonder if the man might do?

2. How did the old man get to town?

3. What could the mother and daughter hear as they watched the old man through a window?

4. How did the girl describe how the man moved as they tried to keep up with him?

5. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?

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