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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?
(a) Bathing suits.
(b) Tank tops.
(c) Towels.
(d) Flip-flops.

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

3. What term does the narrator use in reference to the women in hair curlers who shop in the A and P?
(a) Stepford wives.
(b) Housewives.
(c) House-slaves.
(d) Housemice.

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

5. The narrator says that Stokesie has aspirations to become what one day?
(a) An astronaut.
(b) A grandfather.
(c) The store manager.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the narrator referring when he discusses Stokesie's "fuselage" (8)?

2. The narrator likens the appearance of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5) to what object?

3. At which register is Stokesie working throughout the story?

4. How old is the woman who takes the narrator to task for ringing up her crackers twice, according to the narrator?

5. The narrator does NOT state that women who come into the store usually put on before entering?

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