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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 does the narrator describe what happened to her and her mother?
(a) Thought-provoking.
(b) Irritating.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Funny.

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

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

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

5. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?
(a) Shook her hand.
(b) Bowed.
(c) Handed her the umbrella.
(d) Raised his hat and bowed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?

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

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

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