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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?
(a) Bathing suits.
(b) Towels.
(c) Flip-flops.
(d) Tank tops.

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

5. What does the young woman the narrator calls "Queenie" (5) present for purchase?
(a) A package of cocktail napkins.
(b) A can of deviled ham.
(c) A tin of Vienna sausages.
(d) A can of herring snacks.

6. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Stokesie's "voice" as he asks Sammy, "Is it done" (9)?
(a) Hesitant.
(b) Responsible.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Anxious.

7. The narrator names what year when hypothesizing that it will be a long time before Stokesie fulfills his goal?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1999.

8. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?
(a) Number 2.
(b) Number 4.
(c) Number 3.
(d) Number 1.

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

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

11. The narrator states that the "free-loaders" (10) arrive when what object has broken yet again?
(a) The sewer.
(b) The water main.
(c) The power grid.
(d) The telephone grid.

12. The narrator describes the A and P's stock of records as "a waste of" (12) what?
(a) Vinyl.
(b) Oil.
(c) Space.
(d) Wax.

13. The girls ask a question when they reach what area of the store?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The meat counter.
(c) The deli.
(d) The sundries aisle.

14. How does the narrator describe the lights inside the A and P?
(a) Dim.
(b) Loud.
(c) Flickering.
(d) Fluorescent.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Stokesie?

2. When the narrator rings up a customer's item twice, she "starts giving" (2) him what?

3. The narrator says that there are citizens of his town who have not seen what "for twenty years" (10)?

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

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

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