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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 old man do when the mother gave him the money?
(a) Bowed.
(b) Shook her hand.
(c) Raised his hat and bowed.
(d) Handed her the umbrella.

2. What type of person did the mother think he might be?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Retired politician.
(d) Titled.

3. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?
(a) Grumbled.
(b) Snapped.
(c) Barked.
(d) Abruptly.

4. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?
(a) Not be hurt.
(b) Not lose money.
(c) Not be taken advantage of.
(d) Not make mistakes.

5. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
(a) Give him more money.
(b) He is trying to trick you.
(c) He is a thief.
(d) Do not take advantage of the old man.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the girl describe how the man moved as they tried to keep up with him?

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

5. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did the old man not walk home?

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

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