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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the reader know people in the neighborhood are watching the boy and the girl in the driveway alone?
(a) People stand on their porches and stare.
(b) Someone tells them to get a room.
(c) Cops approaching saying they have been called by several neighbors.
(d) Lights come on in the houses up and down the street.

2. What item does the boy say is "pretty good" (3) before going to see if anybody is home?
(a) The heater.
(b) The TV.
(c) The bed.
(d) The record player.

3. What does the girl say to the boy as they pass the man's house with the items outside?
(a) It must be a yard sale.
(b) This guy must be crazy.
(c) Someone must have gotten kicked out.
(d) Looks like we have new neighbors.

4. What word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Broke.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Crazy.

5. What does the man say to the girls offer for the bed?
(a) He'd take it.
(b) Get lost.
(c) Price is firm.
(d) No way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the house does the man look at set up on his front yard at the start of the story?

2. What is the first item the boy shows interest in as they pass the man's house?

3. How much does the man say he was thinking of asking for the bed?

4. What does the boy say about the pillow when the girl asks how it feels?

5. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?

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