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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. How old is the narrator's mother?

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

3. What did the narrator have at a cafe?

4. What color shoes did the man have?

5. What did the old man say that he forgot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the man ask the narrator's mother to give him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did the man say he had forgotten?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

The main characters are a mother and a daughter. What type of relationship do the mother and daughter have? What does their use of body language reveal about their relationship?

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