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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the narrator want to eat when it started raining?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Strawberry shake.
(c) Candy.
(d) Banana split.

4. What type of person did the mother think he might be?
(a) Retired politician.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Titled.

5. How did the mother stand as she watched the old man move away?
(a) Worriedly and frustrated.
(b) Indignantly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Still and stiff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator want to go when it started raining?

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

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

4. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?

5. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?

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