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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what speed did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
(a) Gradual.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Slow.
(d) Fast.

2. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?
(a) Give him more money.
(b) He is trying to trick you.
(c) He is a thief.
(d) Do not take advantage of the old man.

3. Where did the daughter see the man go after he left them?
(a) In a taxi.
(b) Into a hotel.
(c) Down the sidewalk.
(d) Across the street.

4. What did the mother do as she considered the man's request to trade the umbrella for money?
(a) Chewed her lower lip.
(b) Twirled a lock of hair.
(c) Pulled her daughter closer to her.
(d) Leaned against the building.

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

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

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

8. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 25 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 15 pounds.

9. Where did the mother and daughter go as they followed the man?
(a) On the opposite side of the street.
(b) Across the street.
(c) Down the sidewalk.
(d) In an alley.

10. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?
(a) 4
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?
(a) Shook her hand.
(b) Handed her the umbrella.
(c) Bowed.
(d) Raised his hat and bowed.

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

13. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?
(a) Lethargically.
(b) Nimbly.
(c) Sprightly.
(d) Dexterously.

14. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?
(a) She did not shop in stores that sold them.
(b) She did not think they were practical.
(c) Could not afford it.
(d) They were getting rare.

15. How did the girl describe how the man moved as they tried to keep up with him?
(a) Dog.
(b) Goat.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?

3. What type of material was the umbrella made of that the old man was offering?

4. Who did mother think the man might have been?

5. How did the mother and daughter have to walk to keep up with the man on page 120?

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