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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 do serve alcoholic beverages at a party, they serve what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Budweiser.
(c) Schlitz.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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 mother.
(d) Her father.

9. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?
(a) A stare.
(b) A dagger-like gaze.
(c) A gaze.
(d) A glare.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the first two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters in response to Lengel's comment?

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

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

4. What verb does Sammy use when describing his removal of his apron?

5. Lengel performs what function within his church?

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