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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) answers Lengel, she takes what action?
(a) She closes her eyes.
(b) She folds her arms.
(c) She pushes her lip out.
(d) She raises her eyebrows.

2. Who tells Lengel that the young women had only come into the store to pick up one item?
(a) McMahon.
(b) The young woman the narrator calls Queenie.
(c) Stokesie.
(d) The young woman in the green plaid bathing suit.

3. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?
(a) Special.
(b) Business.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Racy.

4. In the story's final line, Sammy thinks to himself that the world will be "hard" (32) to him when?
(a) For the rest of his natural life.
(b) From that moment on.
(c) From that moment hence.
(d) Hereafter.

5. The narrator describes the young women in the store as being "without" (2) what item?
(a) A pushcart.
(b) A chaperone.
(c) A basket.
(d) A trolley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fourth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?

2. How old is the woman who takes the narrator to task for ringing up her crackers twice, according to the narrator?

3. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?

4. How old is the narrator?

5. How does the narrator describe Stokesie's relationship status?

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