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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 31-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the story take place?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

2. Sammy states that which person had prepared his shirt for him the previous night?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Himself.

3. Sammy says that Lengel has been a friend to whom for a long time?
(a) McMahon and his wife.
(b) Sammy's parents.
(c) Stokesie and his wife.
(d) Stokesie's parents.

4. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see how many real estate offices?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. To what is the narrator referring when he discusses Stokesie's "fuselage" (8)?
(a) Career.
(b) Education.
(c) Sex.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does the narrator imagine will have taken over the United States by the time Stokesie fulfills his goal?

2. Where is Stokesie located in relation to the narrator?

3. What fruit does the narrator use in a simile describing the quiet way in which Stokesie takes a particular action?

4. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?

5. In the story's final line, Sammy thinks to himself that the world will be "hard" (32) to him when?

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