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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
(a) Lethargically.
(b) Dexterously.
(c) Nimbly.
(d) Sprightly.

2. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?
(a) Her husband to pick them up.
(b) Car with a chauffer.
(c) A bus.
(d) A limo.

3. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?
(a) Her headmistress.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her brother.

4. Why did the narrator's mother want to get a taxi?
(a) She was tired.
(b) She had twisted her ankle.
(c) It was raining.
(d) It was snowing.

5. What did the narrator's mother have at a cafe?
(a) Vanilla shake.
(b) Tea and biscuits.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?

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

3. What type of facial hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?

4. How old did the narrator believe that the man might be who came up to her and her mother?

5. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?

(see the answer key)

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