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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Sammy use to describe the hand shape of the young woman to whom he gives change?
(a) Flat.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Slim.
(d) Curved.

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

3. The narrator describes the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5) as doing what to two different words?
(a) Ticking over them.
(b) Lisping them out.
(c) Tripping over them.
(d) Spitting them out.

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

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

6. To what flavor of ice cream does Sammy refer when describing the breasts of the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Mocha.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cherry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What action does the narrator take when Lengel repeats a particular word to the young women?
(a) He looks away.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He shrugs.

14. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Stokesie.
(c) McMahon.
(d) Lengel.

15. The young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) replies to Lengel's comments by saying that the three young women are what?
(a) Of age.
(b) Minors.
(c) Students.
(d) Decent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?

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

5. Lengel performs what function within his church?

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