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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

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

3. How does the narrator describe what happened to her and her mother?
(a) Thought-provoking.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Irritating.
(d) Funny.

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

5. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her headmistress.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother have at a cafe?

2. What did the old man say that he forgot?

3. How old is the narrator's mother?

4. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?

5. Why did the narrator's mother want to get a taxi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the weather like around six o'clock yesterday and how did that affect what the narrator's mother wanted to do?

2. What did the man say he had forgotten?

3. How does the narrator describe a man who comes up to them?

4. What did the man ask the narrator's mother to give him?

5. Where did the narrator and her mother go after their appointment at the dentist?

6. Why did the narrator's mother wish they had a car with a chauffeur?

7. Where did the narrator and mother go yesterday afternoon and what happened there?

8. How did the narrator's mother look at the man and why?

9. How does the narrator describe herself and her mother?

10. Why did the narrator believe that the man was a gentleman?

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