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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the narrator rings up a customer's item twice, she "starts giving" (2) him what?
(a) The riot act.
(b) Hell.
(c) The business.
(d) A time.

3. In what month is the narrator's birthday?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) June.

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

5. How old is Stokesie?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 22.
(d) 26.

6. The young woman to whom the narrator refers as "Queenie" (5) walks in what way around the store?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Robotically.
(d) Sleepily.

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

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

9. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?
(a) A peach.
(b) A kumquat.
(c) A berry.
(d) An orange.

10. 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) The seams on the bra are still sharp.
(b) He can see tan lines above her towel.
(c) Her stomach is still pale.
(d) It is still bright green.

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

12. 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?
(a) 17.
(b) 37.
(c) 47.
(d) 27.

13. 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.

14. How many young women walk into the grocery store at the start of the story?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. What country does the narrator imagine will have taken over the United States by the time Stokesie fulfills his goal?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what historical event does the narrator allude when he depicts the "cash-register-watcher" (1)?

2. What is NOT an action the narrator describes as being part of the other customers' reactions to seeing the young women?

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

4. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see what kind of church?

5. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?

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