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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?
(a) 20 yards.
(b) 10 yards.
(c) 5 yards.
(d) 15 yards.

2. How many sips did it take the old man to drink his beverage?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. How much did the old man pay for a drink on page 122?
(a) 2 pounds.
(b) 1 1/2 pounds.
(c) A pound.
(d) 2 1/2 pounds.

4. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?
(a) Fifty.
(b) A hundred.
(c) A thousand.
(d) A million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?

2. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?

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

4. How old is the narrator's mother?

5. To where did the mother and daughter follow the old man after he had a drink?

(see the answer key)

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