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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who did the old man exchange an umbrella for a pound on page 123?
(a) Two young women.
(b) A mother pushing a stroller.
(c) A young man.
(d) Tall thin fellow.

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. When did the incident that the narrator describes happen?

3. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?

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

5. How much did the mother think the old man had to drink?

(see the answer key)

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