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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Lengel that the young women had only come into the store to pick up one item?
(a) Stokesie.
(b) McMahon.
(c) The young woman in the green plaid bathing suit.
(d) The young woman the narrator calls Queenie.

2. The narrator at first thinks that one of the young women is blushing, but then thinks that she may be red for what other reason?
(a) Rouge.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Sunburn.
(d) Heat.

3. When Lengel first addresses the young women, he tells them that they are not in what location?
(a) In a club.
(b) In a brothel.
(c) In a discotheque.
(d) At the beach.

4. What does the sign on Lengel's office door read?
(a) Manager.
(b) Human Resources.
(c) Assistant Manager.
(d) Proprietor.

5. Sammy tells the reader that it is "more" (21) what than they think to run a register?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Complex.
(d) Intuitive.

6. What color is the palm of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Pink.
(b) Alabaster.
(c) Rose.
(d) Cream.

7. What verb does Sammy use to describe his action of giving change?
(a) Put.
(b) Place.
(c) Toss.
(d) Pass.

8. Who is Sammy?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The narrator's brother.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's boss.

9. The narrator states that "Policy is what" (19) who wants?
(a) The kingpins.
(b) The man.
(c) The establishment.
(d) The boss.

10. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?
(a) Fancy.
(b) Business.
(c) Special.
(d) Racy.

11. Who notices when the narrator reacts in a particular way to Lengel's repetition of one word?
(a) McMahon.
(b) Lengel.
(c) The cash-register-watcher.
(d) Stokesie.

12. How does the person who notices the narrator's reaction to Lengel's repeated word feel about the narrator's reaction?
(a) He finds it funny.
(b) He likes it.
(c) He does not like it.
(d) He is shocked.

13. The narrator says that the sound of one young woman's voice immediately takes him to what location?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Back to reality.
(d) Her living room.

14. Whom does the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) name as the person who had asked her to visit the grocery store?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her brother.

15. What adjective does Sammy add to the farm animal simile he creates?
(a) Sick.
(b) Scared.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what flavor of ice cream does Sammy refer when describing the breasts of the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?

2. The narrator says that he can feel in the silence that "everybody is getting" (20) what?

3. What term does the narrator use to describe the intensity of the eye color of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?

4. What is Sammy's cerebral response to Lengel's question about the register?

5. When the narrator imagines the home of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5), what are the women at the party wearing?

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