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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fourth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) People.
(c) Happy.
(d) Fun.

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

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

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

5. What color are the eyes of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Hazel.

6. 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.

7. In what way does Sammy uncrease the bill handed to him by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Briskly.
(b) Carefully.
(c) Lovingly.
(d) Tenderly.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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 half and a penny.
(c) Two quarters and a penny.
(d) A penny and a half.

14. 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) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. The narrator states that "Policy is what" (19) who wants?
(a) The man.
(b) The kingpins.
(c) The establishment.
(d) The boss.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lengel tells the girls that he does not want to take what action?

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

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

5. Who tells Lengel that the young women had only come into the store to pick up one item?

(see the answer keys)

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