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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?

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

3. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?

2. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?

3. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?

4. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?

5. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?

6. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

7. Why did the old man not walk home?

8. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?

9. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?

10. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?

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