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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4
(d) 1.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Victorious.
(d) Triumphant.

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

7. 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 businessman.
(c) Like a soldier.
(d) Like a warrior.

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

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

10. 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 thousand.
(c) A million.
(d) A hundred.

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

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

13. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?
(a) Observe how they are dressed.
(b) Take her time.
(c) Get references.
(d) Have a conversation.

14. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?
(a) Make sure he was not taking advantage.
(b) Make sure he was not a crook.
(c) Make sure that he was not a thief.
(d) Make sure he was not a trickster.

15. How did the old man get to town?
(a) Walked.
(b) His son took him.
(c) Rode his bike.
(d) His daughter took him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?

2. Where did the daughter see the man go after he left them?

3. At what speed did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?

4. How did the mother and daughter have to walk to keep up with the man on page 120?

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

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