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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Stokesie deliberately and quietly take a particular action?
(a) He does not want to make his boss angry.
(b) He wants to hear what is going on.
(c) He does not want to make Sammy angry.
(d) He feels self-conscious around young women.

2. What is NOT a register button Sammy hits while ringing up the young woman's purchase?
(a) TOT.
(b) 8.
(c) GROC.
(d) 4.

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

4. What are the first two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters in response to Lengel's comment?
(a) Faddle.
(b) Fiddle.
(c) Super.
(d) Skeedle.

5. Which person at the scene does Sammy describe as being the most nervous person there?
(a) McMahon.
(b) The cash-register-watcher.
(c) Stokesie.
(d) Lengel.

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

7. How many different register buttons does Sammy press before the register drawer is ejected so that he can provide change to the young woman?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

9. Sammy says that nearby the altercation between Lengel and the young women, he can feel "everybody getting" (21) what?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Grumpy.

10. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the speech of the young woman to whom he refers as "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Slow.
(b) Tony.
(c) Rapid.
(d) Affected.

11. The narrator describes Lengel as doing what "all day" (13)?
(a) Moaning.
(b) Hiding.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Sleeping.

12. What are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?
(a) Doo-da.
(b) De-doo.
(c) Da-dee.
(d) Dee-dee.

13. What fruit does the narrator use in a simile describing the quiet way in which Stokesie takes a particular action?
(a) A banana.
(b) A peach.
(c) A lemon.
(d) A lime.

14. 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) Exercise.
(b) Heat.
(c) Rouge.
(d) Sunburn.

15. As the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) answers Lengel, she takes what action?
(a) She raises her eyebrows.
(b) She folds her arms.
(c) She pushes her lip out.
(d) She closes her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sammy?

2. Lengel performs what function within his church?

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

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

5. Whom does the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) name as the person who had asked her to visit the grocery store?

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