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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that when his parents have people over, they serve what non-alcoholic beverage?
(a) Kool-Aid.
(b) Apple juice.
(c) Soda.
(d) Lemonade.

2. What is Sammy's verbal response to Lengel's question about the register?
(a) No.
(b) Usually.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

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

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

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

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

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) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

9. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?
(a) Shakes open a bag.
(b) Rings up purchases.
(c) Counts back a customer's change.
(d) Coughs.

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

11. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?
(a) Farmhands.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Cabbages.
(d) Tourists.

12. 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 brother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

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

14. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?
(a) Ladies.
(b) Girls.
(c) Folks.
(d) Troublemakers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) replies to Lengel's comments by saying that the three young women are what?

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

4. What is the fifth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?

5. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?

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