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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fifth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Me.
(b) Free.
(c) Shiny.
(d) People.

2. What are the two terms spoken by the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) that the narrator linguistically analyzes?
(a) Pick up and snacks.
(b) Hurry and no.
(c) Mother and time.
(d) Take them and go.

3. Lengel tells the girls that he does not want to take what action?
(a) Call security.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Argue with them.
(d) Lie to them.

4. Sammy spouts a nonsense word that he attributes to which family member?
(a) His baby cousin.
(b) His little sister.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

5. Sammy says that once a person uses the cash register enough, "it begins to make a little" (21) what?
(a) Sense.
(b) Song.
(c) Hum.
(d) Poem.

6. Lengel performs what function within his church?
(a) He is a deacon.
(b) He is the custodian.
(c) He is a reverend.
(d) He teaches Sunday school.

7. The narrator states that what "the others want is" (19) what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Juvenile delinquency.
(c) A grant.
(d) Full jails.

8. What is the second word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) There.
(b) Happy.
(c) Times.
(d) People.

9. The narrator describes Lengel's movements by using what verb?
(a) Striking.
(b) Creeping.
(c) Scaling.
(d) Scuttling.

10. When the narrator imagines the home of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5), what are the men at the party wearing?
(a) Neckties.
(b) Cravats.
(c) Bowties.
(d) Bolo ties.

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

12. What term does the narrator use to describe the intensity of the eye color of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Extremely.
(b) Very.
(c) Majorly.
(d) Completely.

13. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Hello.
(b) Happy.
(c) You.
(d) Love.

14. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?
(a) Chunky.
(b) Thin.
(c) Tall.
(d) Lanky.

15. What is Sammy's cerebral response to Lengel's question about the register?
(a) No.
(b) Always.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the palm of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?

2. What is NOT a register button Sammy hits while ringing up the young woman's purchase?

3. The narrator states that when his parents do serve alcoholic beverages at a party, they serve what?

4. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?

5. Who notices when the narrator reacts in a particular way to Lengel's repetition of one word?

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