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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?
(a) A berry.
(b) A kumquat.
(c) An orange.
(d) A peach.

2. For how many years does the narrator say the woman he calls the "cash-register-watcher" (1) has been waiting for a cashier to make a mistake?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. The tallest young woman in the group has what type of hair?
(a) Long and blonde.
(b) Short and blonde.
(c) Black and frizzy.
(d) Red and long.

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

5. In what is Queenie's hair styled?
(a) In a pixie cut.
(b) In a bob.
(c) In a loose bun.
(d) In a loose braid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator rings up a customer's item twice, she "starts giving" (2) him what?

3. The narrator is working with his back to what object throughout the story?

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. One of the young women picks up a package of what before putting it back?

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