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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the incident that the narrator describes happen?

2. What were the narrator and her mother wearing?

3. Why did the narrator's mother want to get a taxi?

4. Where did the narrator and her mother go yesterday?

5. How old did the narrator believe that the man might be who came up to her and her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the narrator and her mother go after their appointment at the dentist?

2. Where did the narrator and mother go yesterday afternoon and what happened there?

3. What did the man say he had forgotten?

4. Why did the narrator's mother wish they had a car with a chauffeur?

5. Why did the narrator believe that the man was a gentleman?

6. How does the narrator describe herself and her mother?

7. What was the weather like around six o'clock yesterday and how did that affect what the narrator's mother wanted to do?

8. How did the narrator describe her mother's haughty stare?

9. How did the narrator's mother look at the man and why?

10. How does the narrator describe a man who comes up to them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mother and daughter observe the old man drinking whiskey in a pub. How important does drinking whiskey seem to be to the old man? Does he seem to be addicted to alcohol?

Essay Topic 2

The old man stole umbrellas and got money to buy alcohol. Is deceit involved in the old man’s actions? Is his scheme to get money a scam?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in The Umbrella Man, what color would it be? Why?

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