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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 old is the narrator?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

3. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
(a) Like a soldier.
(b) Like a businessman.
(c) Like a warrior.
(d) Like a fighter.

4. Where did the narrator and her mother stand trying to get a taxi?
(a) Under an awning.
(b) By a bus stop.
(c) On the pavement.
(d) Outside a cafe.

5. Why did the narrator's mother want to get a taxi?
(a) She had twisted her ankle.
(b) It was raining.
(c) She was tired.
(d) It was snowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?

2. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?

3. What were the narrator and her mother wearing?

4. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?

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

(see the answer key)

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