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

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

3. How did the mother respond when the daughter asked what the man might be up to?
(a) Barked.
(b) Abruptly.
(c) Snapped.
(d) Grumbled.

4. What type of person did the mother think he might be?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Retired politician.
(c) Titled.
(d) Aristocracy.

5. For how many years did the old man say that he would not take any more than a pound for the umbrella?
(a) A thousand.
(b) A hundred.
(c) A million.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did the old man not walk home?

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