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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 121-123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the mother and daughter hear as they watched the old man through a window?
(a) Game on television.
(b) Men playing pool.
(c) Raindrops on their umbrella.
(d) Cars driving by.

2. What did the man do when he spoke to the narrator's mother?
(a) Tipped his hat.
(b) Removed his gloves.
(c) Bowed.
(d) Shared his umbrella.

3. What color was the drink the old man got on page 122?
(a) Brown.
(b) Clear.
(c) Amber.
(d) Pale yellow.

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

5. How did the mother stand as she watched the old man move away?
(a) Still and stiff.
(b) Indignantly.
(c) Worriedly and frustrated.
(d) Angrily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the person wearing that the old man exchanged an umbrella with on page 123?

2. What did the narrator say that her mother looked like she might find when she cut the top off of boiled eggs.

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

4. From where did the mother and daughter watch the old man when he entered a building?

5. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?

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