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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sammy do with the object purchased by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) He tosses it into a bag.
(b) He places it in her hand.
(c) He slides it across the counter.
(d) He nestles it into a bag.

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

3. The narrator describes the young women in the store as being "without" (2) what item?
(a) A chaperone.
(b) A basket.
(c) A pushcart.
(d) A trolley.

4. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?
(a) Lengel.
(b) The narrator.
(c) McMahon.
(d) Stokesie.

5. How old is the woman who takes the narrator to task for ringing up her crackers twice, according to the narrator?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lengel tells the girls that he does not want to take what action?

2. The narrator describes Lengel as doing what "all day" (13)?

3. In what way does Sammy uncrease the bill handed to him by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?

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

5. When the narrator imagines the home of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5), what are the women at the party wearing?

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