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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. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?
2. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?
3. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
4. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?
5. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
2. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
3. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
4. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
5. Why did the old man not walk home?
6. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
7. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
8. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
9. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
10. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
An old man approaches a woman and her daughter. Why does the man approach the woman and her daughter? Why is the woman suspicious of the man and his motives?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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