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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fifth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Me.
(c) People.
(d) Free.

2. What is Sammy's cerebral response to Lengel's question about the register?
(a) Yes.
(b) Always.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

3. Whom does the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) name as the person who had asked her to visit the grocery store?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her brother.

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?
(a) Chunky.
(b) Lanky.
(c) Thin.
(d) Tall.

5. What does the young woman the narrator calls "Queenie" (5) present for purchase?
(a) A tin of Vienna sausages.
(b) A package of cocktail napkins.
(c) A can of deviled ham.
(d) A can of herring snacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that the "free-loaders" (10) arrive when what object has broken yet again?

2. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?

3. Sammy says that once a person uses the cash register enough, "it begins to make a little" (21) what?

4. Stokesie says to Sammy, "I feel" (7) what?

5. Lengel tells the girls that he does not want to take what action?

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