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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sammy says that once a person uses the cash register enough, "it begins to make a little" (21) what?
(a) Poem.
(b) Hum.
(c) Sense.
(d) Song.

3. Who asks Sammy if he has rung up the purchase of the three young women?
(a) Lengel.
(b) Stokesie.
(c) McMahon.
(d) No one.

4. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Hello.
(b) You.
(c) Happy.
(d) Love.

5. What color are the eyes of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Lengel first addresses the young women, he tells them that they are not in what location?

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Lengel when he states that Lengel is a church-involved man?

4. The narrator describes Lengel as doing what "all day" (13)?

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

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