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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what farm animals does Sammy compare the customers stranded in his check-out "chute" (30)?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Hens.
(d) Cows.

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

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

4. What does Sammy do with the object purchased by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) He nestles it into a bag.
(b) He slides it across the counter.
(c) He tosses it into a bag.
(d) He places it in her hand.

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

6. Who asks Sammy if he has rung up the purchase of the three young women?
(a) Lengel.
(b) McMahon.
(c) Stokesie.
(d) No one.

7. In what way does Sammy describe the change he provides to the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Five dimes and a penny.
(b) A penny and a half.
(c) Two quarters and a penny.
(d) A half and a penny.

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

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

10. 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) Decent.
(c) Minors.
(d) Students.

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

12. What is a name Sammy does NOT privately call the young women as he watches them walk?
(a) Plaid.
(b) Big Tall Goony-Goony.
(c) Frizzy.
(d) Queenie.

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

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

15. What term does the narrator use to describe the intensity of the eye color of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Very.
(b) Extremely.
(c) Completely.
(d) Majorly.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Lengel as doing what "all day" (13)?

2. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?

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

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

5. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?

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