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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, the young women are walking in what way as they move about the store?
(a) Counter-clockwise.
(b) Clockwise.
(c) In a zig-zag pattern.
(d) Against the usual traffic.

2. What metaphorical body part or parts does the narrator mention in reference to the "cash-register-watcher" (1)?
(a) Tail.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Jaws.
(d) Claws.

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

4. 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?
(a) Her toes.
(b) Her heel.
(c) Her instep.
(d) The ball of her foot.

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)?
(a) Fluorescent light bulb.
(b) Bee.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Doorbell.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?

2. What is NOT a piece of evidence the narrator cites when he hypothesizes that one of the young women has just bought a new swimsuit?

3. What does the narrator describe as the source of the bleached appearance of the hair of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?

4. In what location does the young woman who first catches the narrator's eye have "two crescents of white" (1)?

5. The young woman on whom the narrator first focuses is wearing a green what?

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