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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the incident that the narrator describes happen?
(a) Yesterday evening.
(b) Three days ago.
(c) Two days ago.
(d) Yesterday morning.

3. How many cavities did the narrator have?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. How old did the narrator believe that the man might be who came up to her and her mother?
(a) 60 or more.
(b) 82.
(c) 75.
(d) 70 or more.

5. Where did the narrator want to go when it started raining?
(a) A movie.
(b) Home.
(c) Train station.
(d) Back to the cafe.

6. What did the narrator's mother want when they could not get a taxi?
(a) A bus.
(b) Her husband to pick them up.
(c) A limo.
(d) Car with a chauffer.

7. What color hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) White.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Gray.
(d) Silver.

8. What did the old man want?
(a) Umbrella.
(b) Pound.
(c) Ride.
(d) Raincoat.

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

10. How does the narrator describe what happened to her and her mother?
(a) Irritating.
(b) Funny.
(c) Thought-provoking.
(d) Frightening.

11. How old is the narrator?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

12. Why did the narrator's mother want to get a taxi?
(a) It was snowing.
(b) It was raining.
(c) She had twisted her ankle.
(d) She was tired.

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

14. What did the narrator have at a cafe?
(a) Hot fudge sundae.
(b) Chocolate shake.
(c) Banana split.
(d) Ice cream cone.

15. What were the narrator and her mother wearing?
(a) Raincoats.
(b) Sweaters.
(c) Shawls.
(d) Ordinary hats and coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the narrator and her mother leave the cafe?

2. What did the narrator say that her mother looked like she might find when she cut the top off of boiled eggs.

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

4. Where did the narrator and her mother stand trying to get a taxi?

5. Where did the narrator have cavities?

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