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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 did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?
(a) Could not afford it.
(b) She did not shop in stores that sold them.
(c) They were getting rare.
(d) She did not think they were practical.

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

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

4. How often did the old man walk to town?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Every day.
(d) Twice a week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did mother think the man might have been?

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

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

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

5. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?

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

10. Why did the old man not walk home?

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