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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 121-123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator describe the man's face?
(a) Weathered.
(b) Tan and wrinkled.
(c) Pink and wrinkly.
(d) Gray with fine lines.

2. Who did the old man exchange an umbrella for a pound on page 123?
(a) A mother pushing a stroller.
(b) Tall thin fellow.
(c) Two young women.
(d) A young man.

3. Why did the narrator and her mother travel yesterday?
(a) To visit a museum.
(b) To go to the doctor.
(c) To see the dentist.
(d) To shop for clothes.

4. How did the mother stand as she watched the old man move away?
(a) Still and stiff.
(b) Indignantly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Worriedly and frustrated.

5. Who did the narrator say could not stand the frosty-nosed stare of her mother's?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her headmistress.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?

2. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?

3. What did the man do when he spoke to the narrator's mother?

4. What did the narrator's mother have at a cafe?

5. What color was the drink the old man got on page 122?

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