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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 old man get to town?
2. Who did mother think the man might have been?
3. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?
4. At what speed did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
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 happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
2. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
3. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
4. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
5. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
6. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
7. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
8. Why did the old man not walk home?
9. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
10. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a story. What is the point of view in the story? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
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