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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 mother stand as she watched the old man move away?

2. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?

3. How did the old man get to town?

4. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?

5. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?

2. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

3. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?

4. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?

5. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?

6. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?

7. Why did the old man not walk home?

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. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mother is wary of the old man when he approaches because he is a stranger. How does the mother attempt to determine if the old man is trustworthy? Is she able to determine whether the man is trustworthy based on observation and interaction?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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