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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 was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
2. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?
3. Who did mother think the man might have been?
4. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
5. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
2. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
3. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
4. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
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 about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
7. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
8. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
9. Why did the old man not walk home?
10. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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 mother is not sure whether to help the old man or not. Why does the mother hesitate to help the old man? Why is she suspicious? What alleviates her suspicions and causes her to make the decision to give the man a pound?
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