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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. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?
2. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?
3. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
4. What type of material was the umbrella made of that the old man was offering?
5. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?
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. Why did the old man not walk home?
3. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
4. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
5. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
6. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
7. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
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 mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
10. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
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
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 setting or settings in a story are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the story serve as a backdrop to characters or does it almost take on the role of a character? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the tone in the story?
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