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

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

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

4. Where did the mother and daughter go as they followed the man?
(a) On the opposite side of the street.
(b) Down the sidewalk.
(c) In an alley.
(d) Across the street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?

2. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?

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

4. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the old man not walk home?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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