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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. What adjective does Sammy use to describe the hand shape of the young woman to whom he gives change?
(a) Curved.
(b) Slim.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Flat.

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

3. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Short.
(d) Tall.

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

5. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?
(a) Shakes open a bag.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Counts back a customer's change.
(d) Rings up purchases.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states that what "the others want is" (19) what?

3. What color are the eyes of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?

4. What color is the palm of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?

5. What is a name Sammy does NOT privately call the young women as he watches them walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Updike show the childlike and whimsical nature of Sammy's personality in the story?

2. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within Sammy's reply to Lengel's claim about the harm inflicted by the young women?

3. Of what crime does Sammy accuse Lengel when he quits?

4. In what way does Updike use the animal motif within the customers' reaction to the scene involving Lengel and the young women?

5. What is the policy cited by Lengel when he tells the young women they are in violation?

6. For what reason and in what manner does Lengel confront the three young women in the store?

7. How does Updike demonstrate Sammy's lack of experience with girls and women?

8. Why does Sammy use haste when saying "I quit" (22) the first time?

9. What details does Sammy provide about his boss Lengel?

10. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?

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