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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 often did the old man walk to town?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every other day.

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

3. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?
(a) Make sure he was not taking advantage.
(b) Make sure he was not a trickster.
(c) Make sure that he was not a thief.
(d) Make sure he was not a crook.

4. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her headmistress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the old man say that he forgot?

2. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

3. What did the old man want?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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