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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the mother do as she considered the man's request to trade the umbrella for money?
(a) Leaned against the building.
(b) Twirled a lock of hair.
(c) Chewed her lower lip.
(d) Pulled her daughter closer to her.

3. What type of person did the mother think he might be?
(a) Retired politician.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Titled.

4. How did the mother and daughter have to walk to keep up with the man on page 120?
(a) Very fast.
(b) Sprint.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Race.

5. Who did mother think the man might have been?
(a) Sir Robert Silverton.
(b) Sir David Bronzeworth.
(c) Sir Philip Wigton.
(d) Sir Harry Goldsworthy.

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

7. How did the girl describe how the man moved as they tried to keep up with him?
(a) Goat.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Dog.
(d) Deer.

8. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) Taxi fare.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 2 pounds.

9. Where did the daughter see the man go after he left them?
(a) In a taxi.
(b) Into a hotel.
(c) Down the sidewalk.
(d) Across the street.

10. At what speed did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Gradual.
(c) Fast.
(d) Slow.

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

12. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?
(a) Abruptly.
(b) Barked.
(c) Snapped.
(d) Grumbled.

13. 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.

14. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 25 pounds.

15. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?
(a) Not make mistakes.
(b) Not be hurt.
(c) Not be taken advantage of.
(d) Not lose money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?

2. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?

3. What type of material was the umbrella made of that the old man was offering?

4. How did the old man get to town?

5. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?

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