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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 31-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sammy describes the customers' actions in the check-out "chute" (30) using what verb?
(a) Knocking.
(b) Sliding.
(c) Crashing.
(d) Banging.

2. At which register is Stokesie working throughout the story?
(a) Number 4.
(b) Number 3.
(c) Number 6.
(d) Number 2.

3. In what manner does the door open when Sammy exits the store?
(a) The wind blows it open.
(b) With an electric sensor.
(c) A customer holds it open on his way in.
(d) A customer holds it open on her way out.

4. What word is embroidered upon Sammy's work apron?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Staff.
(c) Checker.
(d) Samuel.

5. Stokesie says to the narrator, "Oh" (7) what?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Mommy.
(c) Mama.
(d) Baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noun does Sammy use to describe the events of the story?

2. For what reason does Stokesie deliberately and quietly take a particular action?

3. In what location does the young woman who first catches the narrator's eye have "two crescents of white" (1)?

4. What action does the narrator take when Lengel repeats a particular word to the young women?

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

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