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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 old man get to town?
(a) Rode his bike.
(b) Walked.
(c) His son took him.
(d) His daughter took him.

2. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
(a) He is trying to trick you.
(b) Give him more money.
(c) He is a thief.
(d) Do not take advantage of the old man.

3. What did the narrator say that her mother looked like she might find when she cut the top off of boiled eggs.
(a) Dirt.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Chicken parts.
(d) Bug.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what speed did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?

2. How did the narrator describe a man that came up to her and her mother?

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

4. What did the narrator want to eat when it started raining?

5. What color hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?

(see the answer key)

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