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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. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?
(a) Completely.
(b) Appropriately.
(c) Decently.
(d) Fully.

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

3. What adjective does Sammy add to the farm animal simile he creates?
(a) Sick.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Scared.
(d) Pleased.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator imagines the home of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5), what are the men at the party wearing?

2. How does the person who notices the narrator's reaction to Lengel's repeated word feel about the narrator's reaction?

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

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

5. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an example of Updike's use of metaphor within the story.

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

3. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?

4. How does the young woman dubbed "Queenie" (5) by Sammy react to Lengel's actions?

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

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

7. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative?

8. What is Lengel's reply to Sammy's accusation?

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

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

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