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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?
(a) Tourists.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Farmhands.
(d) Cabbages.

2. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Love.
(b) Happy.
(c) Hello.
(d) You.

3. As the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) answers Lengel, she takes what action?
(a) She pushes her lip out.
(b) She folds her arms.
(c) She raises her eyebrows.
(d) She closes her eyes.

4. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?
(a) Girls.
(b) Folks.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Troublemakers.

5. What are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?
(a) Da-dee.
(b) De-doo.
(c) Dee-dee.
(d) Doo-da.

6. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?
(a) A dagger-like gaze.
(b) A stare.
(c) A gaze.
(d) A glare.

7. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?
(a) Fully.
(b) Completely.
(c) Decently.
(d) Appropriately.

8. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?
(a) Lengel.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Stokesie.
(d) McMahon.

9. The narrator at first thinks that one of the young women is blushing, but then thinks that she may be red for what other reason?
(a) Rouge.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Heat.
(d) Sunburn.

10. Sammy spouts a nonsense word that he attributes to which family member?
(a) His baby cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His little sister.

11. What adjective does Sammy use to describe the hand shape of the young woman to whom he gives change?
(a) Curved.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Flat.
(d) Slim.

12. Who notices when the narrator reacts in a particular way to Lengel's repetition of one word?
(a) Lengel.
(b) McMahon.
(c) Stokesie.
(d) The cash-register-watcher.

13. What is NOT a register button Sammy hits while ringing up the young woman's purchase?
(a) TOT.
(b) 4.
(c) GROC.
(d) 8.

14. What word does Lengel repeat when he speaks to the young women for the second time?
(a) Ladies.
(b) Indecent.
(c) Beach.
(d) Girls.

15. The narrator says that he can feel in the silence that "everybody is getting" (20) what?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Interested.
(c) Angry.
(d) Impatient.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what farm animals does Sammy compare the customers stranded in his check-out "chute" (30)?

2. What had Lengel been doing in the parking lot before entering the store to confront the young women?

3. Lengel performs what function within his church?

4. What is Sammy's cerebral response to Lengel's question about the register?

5. Who tells Lengel that the young women had only come into the store to pick up one item?

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