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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 118-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator have cavities?
(a) A back tooth.
(b) Teeth on the right and left bottom of her mouth.
(c) A front tooth.
(d) Teeth on the right and left top of her mouth.

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

3. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?
(a) A hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) A million.
(d) A thousand.

4. What did the narrator say that her mother looked like she might find when she cut the top off of boiled eggs.
(a) Bug.
(b) Chicken parts.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Mouse.

5. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
(a) Like a businessman.
(b) Like a soldier.
(c) Like a fighter.
(d) Like a warrior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the incident that the narrator describes happen?

3. What did the man do when he spoke to the narrator's mother?

4. How did the old man get to town?

5. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

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