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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. Who did mother think the man might have been?
2. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?
3. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
4. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?
5. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?
2. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?
3. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?
4. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?
5. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?
6. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?
7. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?
8. Why did the old man not walk home?
9. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?
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
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 2
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 3
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?
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