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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What color shoes did the man have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Maroon.
(d) Navy.

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

9. What time did the narrator and her mother leave the cafe?
(a) About 6.
(b) 5:45.
(c) Around 7.
(d) 5:30.

10. What did the man say happened to old people like him?
(a) They lost their way.
(b) They needed help.
(c) They had trouble hailing cabs.
(d) They became forgetful.

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

12. What type of facial hair did the man have who approached the narrator and her mother?
(a) Heavy stubble.
(b) Mustache.
(c) Goatee.
(d) Beard.

13. 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) Bug.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Mouse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator and her mother go yesterday?

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

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

4. Where did the narrator have cavities?

5. How many cavities did the narrator have?

(see the answer keys)

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