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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did mother think the man might have been?
(a) Sir David Bronzeworth.
(b) Sir Philip Wigton.
(c) Sir Harry Goldsworthy.
(d) Sir Robert Silverton.

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

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

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

6. How did the mother and daughter have to walk to keep up with the man on page 120?
(a) Very fast.
(b) Race.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Sprint.

7. How often did the old man walk to town?
(a) Every day.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Every other day.

8. How did the old man get to town?
(a) Rode his bike.
(b) Walked.
(c) His daughter took him.
(d) His son took him.

9. How did the man swing his arms as he bustled along the pavement and moved around the other pedestrians?
(a) Like a warrior.
(b) Like a fighter.
(c) Like a soldier.
(d) Like a businessman.

10. 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.

11. 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) In an alley.
(d) Down the sidewalk.

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

13. Why was the mother so horrible to the man in the beginning?
(a) Make sure he was not a crook.
(b) Make sure he was not a trickster.
(c) Make sure that he was not a thief.
(d) Make sure he was not taking advantage.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the mother tell her daughter to do when summing someone up?

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

3. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?

4. What type of person did the mother think he might be?

5. How did the man move after leaving the mother and daughter?

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