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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the girl do as the boy sits on the couch with a cigarette looking at the TV?
(a) She looks through the records.
(b) She sits beside the boy.
(c) She gets back in the car.
(d) She lay on the bed.

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

4. What part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?
(a) Bathroom.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Living Room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man have in his sack as he approaches the house?

2. From what material was the kitchen set made?

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

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

5. Where are the girl and the boy when the man approaches his house?

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