Timed Reading Quiz Secrets of a Pickpocket Part Two

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Instructions: Click the grey box following the questions, and choose the best answer to the question. When you are finished, check your number correct on the first try, found in the small box in the top right corner of the page.

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Part 2 Comprehension Questions
Which of the following is NOT a reason given by the author for choosing clothing stores as a setting for stealing?
select answer The customers are relaxed. The customers are distracted. There are security guards. None of the above.
"I'd already made over a grand and knew I should be going home." This means
select answer I had stolen from a grandmother and should go home. I only wanted to steal a grand that day. I had stolen over a thousand dollars, so I should go home. I had an impressive house.
How do pickpockets make their fingers strong?
select answer lift weights use elastic bands eat spinach stretch their fingers every day
Why does the author think he will go to jail?
select answer because his escape was closed off because the woman screamed because his sister escaped because he was not able to get the wallet
Why did the author write this story?
select answer to pay for his crimes to make himself feel better to earn some money to teach people

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