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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 7-12.

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) In a zig-zag pattern.
(c) Against the usual traffic.
(d) Clockwise.

2. One of the young women picks up a package of what before putting it back?
(a) Tea.
(b) Clam dip.
(c) Tampons.
(d) Cookies.

3. To what animal does the narrator compare his customers when discussing how they react to seeing the girls in the store?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Mules.

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

5. The narrator describes the A and P's stock of records as "a waste of" (12) what?
(a) Space.
(b) Wax.
(c) Vinyl.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is the narrator's birthday?

2. The narrator states that the "free-loaders" (10) arrive when what object has broken yet again?

3. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?

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?

5. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see about how many "old free-loaders tearing up the street" (10) at any given time?

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