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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) 31.
(b) 35.
(c) 34.
(d) 33.

2. How many cavities did the narrator have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. What was the person wearing that the old man exchanged an umbrella with on page 123?
(a) Windbreaker.
(b) Jean jacket.
(c) No coat or hat.
(d) Suit jacket.

4. Where did the old man take a lick as if to get one more drop of his beverage?
(a) Lips.
(b) Rim of the glass.
(c) Beard.
(d) Mustache.

5. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
(a) 2 pounds.
(b) Taxi fare.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

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 was the second thing that the mother called the man when she saw how fast he was moving?

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

4. How old is the narrator?

5. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?

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