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

2. Where did the daughter see the man go after he left them?
(a) In a taxi.
(b) Down the sidewalk.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Into a hotel.

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

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

5. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
(a) Like a soldier.
(b) Like a businessman.
(c) Like a warrior.
(d) Like a fighter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the old man get to town?

5. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did the old man not walk home?

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

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

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

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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