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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

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

3. How many children does Stokesie have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What are the two terms spoken by the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) that the narrator linguistically analyzes?
(a) Hurry and no.
(b) Pick up and snacks.
(c) Take them and go.
(d) Mother and time.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Stokesie's "voice" as he asks Sammy, "Is it done" (9)?

4. The narrator says that the sound of one young woman's voice immediately takes him to what location?

5. The narrator says that he can feel in the silence that "everybody is getting" (20) what?

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