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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what historical event does the narrator allude when he depicts the "cash-register-watcher" (1)?
(a) The Salem Witch Trials.
(b) The Nuremberg Trials.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) Custer's Last Stand.

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

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

4. The narrator tells the reader, "Here comes the" what "part of the story" (12)?
(a) Dumb.
(b) Best.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Sad.

5. According to the narrator, the young women are walking in what way as they move about the store?
(a) In a zig-zag pattern.
(b) Clockwise.
(c) Against the usual traffic.
(d) Counter-clockwise.

6. The three young women take their purchase up to whose register?
(a) Stokesie's.
(b) McMahon's.
(c) Lengel's.
(d) The narrator's.

7. Stokesie says to Sammy, "I feel" (7) what?
(a) Faint.
(b) Funny.
(c) Old.
(d) Sick.

8. What is NOT a piece of evidence the narrator cites when he hypothesizes that one of the young women has just bought a new swimsuit?
(a) Her stomach is still pale.
(b) He can see tan lines above her towel.
(c) It is still bright green.
(d) The seams on the bra are still sharp.

9. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see how many banks?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

10. On what day of the week does the story take place?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

11. The narrator's town is north of what American city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Cincinnati.

12. The young woman on whom the narrator first focuses is wearing a green what?
(a) Towel.
(b) Dress.
(c) Bathing suit.
(d) Visor.

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

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

15. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the young woman's face whom he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Smug.
(b) Haughty.
(c) Prim.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the young women in the store as being "without" (2) what item?

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

3. What street does the narrator name when depicting the "free-loaders" (10) in his town?

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

5. How old is Stokesie?

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