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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) White.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gray.

2. Where did the mother and daughter go as they followed the man?
(a) In an alley.
(b) Across the street.
(c) Down the sidewalk.
(d) On the opposite side of the street.

3. What did the man say happened to old people like him?
(a) They became forgetful.
(b) They needed help.
(c) They lost their way.
(d) They had trouble hailing cabs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?

2. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?

3. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?

4. What did the narrator's mother have at a cafe?

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

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