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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator's mother?
(a) 34.
(b) 31.
(c) 35.
(d) 33.

2. What did the girl wonder if the man might do?
(a) Run from them.
(b) Go too fast for them to follow.
(c) Run into them.
(d) Turn around and see them.

3. What type of facial hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) Goatee.
(b) Heavy stubble.
(c) Mustache.
(d) Beard.

4. What did the mother think the old man was drinking?
(a) Beer.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Ale.
(d) Rum.

5. How does the narrator describe what happened to her and her mother?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Irritating.
(c) Thought-provoking.
(d) Funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?

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

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

4. What type of material was the umbrella made of that the old man was offering?

5. What did the old man say that he forgot?

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