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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 are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?
(a) Doo-da.
(b) Dee-dee.
(c) De-doo.
(d) Da-dee.
2. Sammy tells the reader that it is "more" (21) what than they think to run a register?
(a) Intuitive.
(b) Complex.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Difficult.
3. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?
(a) Rings up purchases.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Shakes open a bag.
(d) Counts back a customer's change.
4. The narrator states that when his parents do serve alcoholic beverages at a party, they serve what?
(a) Schlitz.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Budweiser.
5. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?
(a) Folks.
(b) Troublemakers.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Girls.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?
2. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Lengel when he states that Lengel is a church-involved man?
3. How many different register buttons does Sammy press before the register drawer is ejected so that he can provide change to the young woman?
4. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
5. What fruit does the narrator use in a simile describing the quiet way in which Stokesie takes a particular action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What unique form of imagery does Updike create to depict Queenie's anger at Lengel's words?
2. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative?
3. What details does Sammy provide about his boss Lengel?
4. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?
5. How does the young woman dubbed "Queenie" (5) by Sammy react to Lengel's actions?
6. Describe Updike's use of foreshadowing within the story "A and P".
7. For what reason and in what manner does Lengel confront the three young women in the store?
8. What is the policy cited by Lengel when he tells the young women they are in violation?
9. In what way does Sammy react to Lengel's mention of policy?
10. Describe an example of Updike's use of metaphor within the story.
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