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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's town is "five miles from" (10) what?
(a) The beach.
(b) A gas station.
(c) The lake.
(d) The ski resort.

2. The narrator does NOT state that women who come into the store usually put on before entering?
(a) Something.
(b) A dress.
(c) Shorts.
(d) A shirt.

3. Sammy says that once a person uses the cash register enough, "it begins to make a little" (21) what?
(a) Poem.
(b) Hum.
(c) Sense.
(d) Song.

4. How does the person who notices the narrator's reaction to Lengel's repeated word feel about the narrator's reaction?
(a) He does not like it.
(b) He likes it.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He finds it funny.

5. The narrator does not see the young women until they are over by what food item?
(a) The dairy.
(b) The produce.
(c) The bread.
(d) The meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?

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