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

2. When the mother and daughter came to a corner, how close was the man to them?
(a) 5 yards.
(b) 15 yards.
(c) 20 yards.
(d) 10 yards.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the man say that the umbrella cost him?

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

3. What was the girl telling her mother with a look as her mother reached for the clasp of her purse?

4. How often did the old man walk to town?

5. What did the mother tell her daughter would happen if she was evaluating a person and did not rush?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did the old man not walk home?

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