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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 old man say that he forgot?

2. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?

3. How did the narrator describe the man's face?

4. What color hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the man say he had forgotten?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting or settings in a story are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the story serve as a backdrop to characters or does it almost take on the role of a character? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the tone in the story?

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 is wary of the old man when he approaches because he is a stranger. How does the mother attempt to determine if the old man is trustworthy? Is she able to determine whether the man is trustworthy based on observation and interaction?

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