Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
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 mother stand as she watched the old man move away?
2. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
3. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
4. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
5. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
2. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
3. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
4. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
5. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
6. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
7. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
8. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
9. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
10. Why did the old man not walk home?
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
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?
|
This section contains 852 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
