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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Stokesie have?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. In what is Queenie's hair styled?
(a) In a loose bun.
(b) In a bob.
(c) In a pixie cut.
(d) In a loose braid.

3. The narrator says of his town, "It's not as if we're on the" (10) what?
(a) Cape.
(b) Beach.
(c) Peninsula.
(d) Island.

4. What term does the narrator use in reference to the women in hair curlers who shop in the A and P?
(a) Stepford wives.
(b) House-slaves.
(c) Housemice.
(d) Housewives.

5. How old is Stokesie?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three young women take their purchase up to whose register?

2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Stokesie's "voice" as he asks Sammy, "Is it done" (9)?

3. The young woman to whom the narrator refers as "Queenie" (5) puts what part of her foot down firmly as she walks around the store?

4. What does the narrator describe as the source of the bleached appearance of the hair of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?

5. On what day of the week does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sammy mean when he describes Stokesie "finding his voice" (9)?

2. What is Stokesie's career goal?

3. Discuss how Updike uses language to indicate the character traits of Sammy.

4. What is the setting of the story "A and P"?

5. Who is the protagonist of the story "A and P"?

6. How is the motif of sexuality included within the story?

7. What is Sammy's purpose for using a historical allusion in Paragraph 1?

8. On what evidence does Sammy base his conclusion that one particular young woman is the leader?

9. What simile does Sammy use to describe the layout of the grocery store?

10. What is the symbolism of the buildings Sammy names?

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