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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of material was the umbrella made of that the old man was offering?
(a) Nylon.
(b) Silk.
(c) Polyester.
(d) Microfiber.

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

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

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

5. What type of look did the mother give her daughter when the man said he would not take extra money?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Victorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the old man do when the mother gave him the money?

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

3. Why did the mother say that she never had a silk umbrella before?

4. How many times a day could the old man walk to town?

5. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the mother decide the man was up to something when she and her daughter watched him scurry away?

2. What happened when the mother gave the old man a pound note?

3. What did the old man say when the mother offered to give him the taxi fare?

4. What did the mother tell the man before she gave him any money?

5. How did the old man tell the mother and daughter that he got to town?

6. Why did the old man not walk home?

7. What did the old man say about the umbrella as the mother thought about giving him a pound for it?

8. What did the mother say when the daughter asked why she was so horrid to the old man in the beginning?

9. What did the daughter observe about her mother as she thought about the old man's offer?

10. What type of look did the girl give her mother as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

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