View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does the narrator use to describe the intensity of the eye color of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Very.
(b) Majorly.
(c) Completely.
(d) Extremely.

2. For what reason does Stokesie deliberately and quietly take a particular action?
(a) He does not want to make Sammy angry.
(b) He feels self-conscious around young women.
(c) He wants to hear what is going on.
(d) He does not want to make his boss angry.

3. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?
(a) Business.
(b) Racy.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Special.

4. What is the fourth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Fun.
(b) Goodbye.
(c) People.
(d) Happy.

5. The young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) replies to Lengel's comments by saying that the three young women are what?
(a) Of age.
(b) Minors.
(c) Students.
(d) Decent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?

2. What is a name Sammy does NOT privately call the young women as he watches them walk?

3. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?

4. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the policy cited by Lengel when he tells the young women they are in violation?

2. What clues does Sammy utilize in order to detect the class of the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?

3. Of what crime does Sammy accuse Lengel when he quits?

4. How does the young woman dubbed "Queenie" (5) by Sammy react to Lengel's actions?

5. Discuss the socioeconomic status from which Sammy's family stems.

6. What type of home life does Sammy imagine for the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?

7. For what reason and in what manner does Lengel confront the three young women in the store?

8. Describe an example of Updike's use of metaphor within the story.

9. How does Updike demonstrate Sammy's lack of experience with girls and women?

10. How does Updike show the childlike and whimsical nature of Sammy's personality in the story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 902 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample