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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 did the girl describe how the man moved as they tried to keep up with him?
2. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?
3. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?
4. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?
5. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
2. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
3. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
4. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
5. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
6. Why did the old man not walk home?
7. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
8. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
9. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
10. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
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 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 3
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?
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