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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. In what way does Sammy describe the change he provides to the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Two quarters and a penny.
(b) A penny and a half.
(c) Five dimes and a penny.
(d) A half and a penny.

2. What color is the palm of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Alabaster.
(b) Cream.
(c) Rose.
(d) Pink.

3. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?
(a) Tall.
(b) Chunky.
(c) Lanky.
(d) Thin.

4. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?
(a) Fancy.
(b) Special.
(c) Business.
(d) Racy.

5. What are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?
(a) De-doo.
(b) Da-dee.
(c) Dee-dee.
(d) Doo-da.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sammy do with the object purchased by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?

3. When Lengel first addresses the young women, he tells them that they are not in what location?

4. In what way does Sammy uncrease the bill handed to him by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss the socioeconomic status from which Sammy's family stems.

6. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?

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

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

9. What type of home life does Sammy imagine for the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?

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

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