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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator does NOT state that women who come into the store usually put on before entering?
(a) A shirt.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Something.
(d) A dress.

2. At which register is Stokesie working throughout the story?
(a) Number 2.
(b) Number 6.
(c) Number 4.
(d) Number 3.

3. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?
(a) A berry.
(b) A peach.
(c) A kumquat.
(d) An orange.

4. Stokesie says to Sammy, "I feel" (7) what?
(a) Faint.
(b) Old.
(c) Funny.
(d) Sick.

5. The narrator names what year when hypothesizing that it will be a long time before Stokesie fulfills his goal?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the young woman when he depicts her picking up a package and putting it back down?

2. The young woman to whom the narrator refers as "Queenie" (5) puts what part of her foot down firmly as she walks around the store?

3. Of whom do the girls ask a question?

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

5. The narrator asks the reader in reference to females, "Do you really think there's a mind in there or just a buzz like a" what "in a glass jar" (2)?

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