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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 narrator describe the man's face?
(a) Pink and wrinkly.
(b) Gray with fine lines.
(c) Weathered.
(d) Tan and wrinkled.

2. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4

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

4. What did the narrator say that her mother was suspicious of?
(a) Strange men and free gifts.
(b) Strange men and free desserts.
(c) Strange men and women.
(d) Strange men and boiled eggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the mother and daughter have to walk to keep up with the man on page 120?

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

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

4. How old is the narrator's mother?

5. What did the mother do as she considered the man's request to trade the umbrella for money?

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