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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?
(a) Number 4.
(b) Number 1.
(c) Number 2.
(d) Number 3.

2. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?
(a) Towels.
(b) Bathing suits.
(c) Flip-flops.
(d) Tank tops.

3. When the narrator rings up a customer's item twice, she "starts giving" (2) him what?
(a) The riot act.
(b) The business.
(c) A time.
(d) Hell.

4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the young woman when he depicts her picking up a package and putting it back down?
(a) Fat.
(b) Tall.
(c) Short.
(d) Skinny.

5. The three young women take their purchase up to whose register?
(a) Stokesie's.
(b) The narrator's.
(c) Lengel's.
(d) McMahon's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pattern does the floor at the A and P have?

2. The narrator does NOT state that women who come into the store usually put on before entering?

3. How old is the narrator?

4. 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)?

5. The narrator tells the reader, "Here comes the" what "part of the story" (12)?

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