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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What were the narrator and her mother wearing?
(a) Raincoats.
(b) Shawls.
(c) Sweaters.
(d) Ordinary hats and coats.

5. What did the narrator's mother have at a cafe?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Vanilla shake.
(c) Scoop of vanilla ice cream.
(d) Tea and biscuits.

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

7. What did the narrator want to eat when it started raining?
(a) Strawberry shake.
(b) Candy.
(c) Banana split.
(d) Chocolate cake.

8. How old did the narrator believe that the man might be who came up to her and her mother?
(a) 70 or more.
(b) 75.
(c) 60 or more.
(d) 82.

9. What did the man say happened to old people like him?
(a) They had trouble hailing cabs.
(b) They lost their way.
(c) They became forgetful.
(d) They needed help.

10. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?
(a) A limo.
(b) Car with a chauffer.
(c) Her husband to pick them up.
(d) A bus.

11. What type of facial hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) Beard.
(b) Goatee.
(c) Heavy stubble.
(d) Mustache.

12. Where did the narrator want to go when it started raining?
(a) Train station.
(b) Home.
(c) A movie.
(d) Back to the cafe.

13. How old is the narrator's mother?
(a) 34.
(b) 35.
(c) 31.
(d) 33.

14. Why did the narrator and her mother travel yesterday?
(a) To go to the doctor.
(b) To visit a museum.
(c) To shop for clothes.
(d) To see the dentist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator and her mother go yesterday?

2. What did the old man want?

3. How does the narrator describe what happened to her and her mother?

4. How many cavities did the narrator have?

5. What time did the narrator and her mother leave the cafe?

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