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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 is the fourth word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Fun.
(b) People.
(c) Goodbye.
(d) Happy.

2. Who is Sammy?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The narrator's boss.

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?
(a) Farmhands.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Cabbages.

5. What are the first two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters in response to Lengel's comment?
(a) Super.
(b) Skeedle.
(c) Faddle.
(d) Fiddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?

2. As the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) answers Lengel, she takes what action?

3. Lengel tells Sammy, "I don't think you know what you're" (29) what?

4. The narrator at first thinks that one of the young women is blushing, but then thinks that she may be red for what other reason?

5. Sammy says that nearby the altercation between Lengel and the young women, he can feel "everybody getting" (21) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?

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

10. In what way does Sammy react to Lengel's mention of policy?

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