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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells the reader, "Here comes the" what "part of the story" (12)?
(a) Best.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Sad.
(d) Dumb.

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

3. How old is Stokesie?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 30.

4. The narrator likens the appearance of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5) to what object?
(a) A speck of dust.
(b) A nugget of gold.
(c) A flaming hot coal.
(d) A sheet of metal.

5. The three young women take their purchase up to whose register?
(a) Stokesie's.
(b) Lengel's.
(c) McMahon's.
(d) The narrator's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stokesie says to the narrator, "Oh" (7) what?

2. On what day of the week does the story take place?

3. The narrator names what year when hypothesizing that it will be a long time before Stokesie fulfills his goal?

4. The narrator says of his town, "It's not as if we're on the" (10) what?

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)?

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