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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 118-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?
(a) Observe how they are dressed.
(b) Get references.
(c) Take her time.
(d) Have a conversation.

2. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?
(a) Not be hurt.
(b) Not make mistakes.
(c) Not be taken advantage of.
(d) Not lose money.

3. What did the narrator say that her mother was suspicious of?
(a) Strange men and free gifts.
(b) Strange men and free desserts.
(c) Strange men and boiled eggs.
(d) Strange men and women.

4. What did the mother offer the man since it was such an expensive umbrella?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 2 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) Taxi fare.

5. What did the narrator say that her mother looked like she might find when she cut the top off of boiled eggs.
(a) Chicken parts.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Bug.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator describe the man's face?

2. What did the mother do as she considered the man's request to trade the umbrella for money?

3. What did the old man say that he forgot?

4. What type of facial hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?

5. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?

(see the answer key)

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