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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) Soda.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Apple juice.

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

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

4. Sammy spouts a nonsense word that he attributes to which family member?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His little sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His baby cousin.

5. What are the first two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters in response to Lengel's comment?
(a) Super.
(b) Faddle.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Skeedle.

6. The narrator says that he can feel in the silence that "everybody is getting" (20) what?
(a) Interested.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

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

8. Which person at the scene does Sammy describe as being the most nervous person there?
(a) Lengel.
(b) Stokesie.
(c) The cash-register-watcher.
(d) McMahon.

9. The narrator states that what "the others want is" (19) what?
(a) A grant.
(b) Juvenile delinquency.
(c) Full jails.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

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

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

14. Lengel performs what function within his church?
(a) He is a deacon.
(b) He is a reverend.
(c) He teaches Sunday school.
(d) He is the custodian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?

2. The narrator says that the sound of one young woman's voice immediately takes him to what location?

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

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?

5. What adjective does Sammy add to the farm animal simile he creates?

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