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

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

3. What did the narrator say that her mother was suspicious of?
(a) Strange men and women.
(b) Strange men and boiled eggs.
(c) Strange men and free desserts.
(d) Strange men and free gifts.

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

5. What did the old man say that he forgot?
(a) Jacket.
(b) Wallet.
(c) Coat.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many cavities did the narrator have?

3. What did the narrator want to eat when it started raining?

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

5. What were the narrator and her mother wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator describe her mother's haughty stare?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the man say he had forgotten?

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

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

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

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

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