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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. What did the man do when he spoke to the narrator's mother?

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

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

4. What did the man say happened to old people like him?

5. Where did the narrator have cavities?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. What did the man say he had forgotten?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 mother is not sure whether to help the old man or not. Why does the mother hesitate to help the old man? Why is she suspicious? What alleviates her suspicions and causes her to make the decision to give the man a pound?

Essay Topic 3

The mother uses the incident with the old man to teach her daughter a lesson. What lesson does the mother attempt to teach her daughter? How does the mother seem to take her duties as a mother seriously? What do her actions reveal about motherhood and her desire to care for her daughter?

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