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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What street does the narrator name when depicting the "free-loaders" (10) in his town?
(a) Flora.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Central.
(d) Main.

2. The girls ask a question when they reach what area of the store?
(a) The deli.
(b) The meat counter.
(c) The sundries aisle.
(d) The bakery.

3. What term does the narrator use in reference to the women in hair curlers who shop in the A and P?
(a) Housemice.
(b) Housewives.
(c) House-slaves.
(d) Stepford wives.

4. Where is Stokesie located in relation to the narrator?
(a) With his back to him.
(b) Beside him.
(c) Two registers away.
(d) Facing him.

5. In what location does the young woman who first catches the narrator's eye have "two crescents of white" (1)?
(a) At the tops of the backs of her legs.
(b) Beneath each eye.
(c) Above each eye.
(d) Above her breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see what kind of store?

2. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?

3. What is NOT an action the narrator describes as being part of the other customers' reactions to seeing the young women?

4. What is NOT a piece of evidence the narrator cites when he hypothesizes that one of the young women has just bought a new swimsuit?

5. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see what kind of church?

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