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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. To what farm animals does Sammy compare the customers stranded in his check-out "chute" (30)?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Hens.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Cows.

2. What color are the eyes of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. 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.

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

5. For what reason does Stokesie deliberately and quietly take a particular action?
(a) He does not want to make Sammy angry.
(b) He feels self-conscious around young women.
(c) He wants to hear what is going on.
(d) He does not want to make his boss angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the speech of the young woman to whom he refers as "Queenie" (5)?

2. What are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?

3. What is the fourth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?

4. Lengel performs what function within his church?

5. How many different register buttons does Sammy press before the register drawer is ejected so that he can provide change to the young woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?

2. Describe Updike's use of foreshadowing within the story "A and P".

3. What unique form of imagery does Updike create to depict Queenie's anger at Lengel's words?

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

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

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

7. What is ironic about Sammy's claim that Lengel is the most nervous person involved?

8. Which comment of Lengel's causes the young woman dubbed "Queenie" (5) to get angry rather than embarrassed?

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

10. What clues does Sammy utilize in order to detect the class of the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?

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