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

2. How many cavities did the narrator have?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the man say he had forgotten?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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