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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 states that the "free-loaders" (10) arrive when what object has broken yet again?
(a) The sewer.
(b) The telephone grid.
(c) The power grid.
(d) The water main.

2. Of whom do the girls ask a question?
(a) The narrator.
(b) McMahon.
(c) Lengel.
(d) Stokesie.

3. What does the narrator describe as the source of the bleached appearance of the hair of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Saltwater.
(b) Sun and wind.
(c) Sun and salt.
(d) Peroxide.

4. In what part of town is the A and P located?
(a) The outskirts.
(b) The east side.
(c) The south side.
(d) The middle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does the narrator use in reference to the women in hair curlers who shop in the A and P?

3. The narrator's town is north of what American city?

4. The narrator says that there are citizens of his town who have not seen what "for twenty years" (10)?

5. The girls ask a question when they reach what area of the store?

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