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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell the girl to pick for them?
(a) A TV show to watch.
(b) A beer to drink.
(c) A record to listen to.
(d) A type of pizza to order.

2. Where do the boy and girl sit after they have their drinks?
(a) The sofa.
(b) The kitchen table.
(c) The bed.
(d) Their car.

3. What does the boy tell them the whiskey does as he holds up the glass and jiggles it?
(a) Goes to your head.
(b) Makes you queasy.
(c) Gets you sleepy.
(d) Makes you hungry.

4. What type of liquor does the boy pour for the girl?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Rum.
(d) Tequila.

5. What makes the girl a little uneasy as she dances with the man?
(a) She is too drunk to dance well.
(b) Her boyfriend seems angry.
(c) The neighbors are watching.
(d) The man tries to kiss her.

6. What does the girl tell the boy she wants in the drink he pours her?
(a) Coca Cola.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Club soda.

7. What is the final thing the girls says to the man as they dance in his driveway?
(a) You must be moving far away.
(b) You must really like this song.
(c) You must be desperate or something.
(d) You must be the nicest man on earth.

8. How does the boy plan to pay the man?
(a) Check.
(b) Money Order.
(c) Venmo.
(d) Credit card.

9. What does the boy say after he and the girl dance to a few records in the driveway?
(a) I'm starving.
(b) I'm drunk.
(c) Let's go home.
(d) I'm tired.

10. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?
(a) She stopped listening to the records.
(b) She stopped trying to find the man.
(c) She stops trying to figure out what happened that night.
(d) She stopped dating Jack.

11. Where does the man tell the boy he is going to sit?
(a) On the bed.
(b) On the rattan chair.
(c) At the kitchen table.
(d) On the sofa.

12. What does the man do after telling the boy and girl he will sell them the record player for cheap?
(a) Lies down on the bed.
(b) Takes off his shoes.
(c) Opens a can of beer and pours more whiskey.
(d) Lights another cigarette.

13. What does the girl do when the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?
(a) She acts as though nothing has happened.
(b) She goes to help him.
(c) She tells the boy to help the man.
(d) She lets out a gasp.

14. What does the boy ask the girl after the man drop his cigarette between the couch cushions?
(a) If she thinks they should leave.
(b) Why she is helping him.
(c) What she wants to buy.
(d) If she wants another drink.

15. What is the man doing when his cigarette drops between the couch cushions?
(a) Searching for a record.
(b) Reading a magazine.
(c) Turning on the floor lamp.
(d) Getting another drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man say to the girl when she asks how much he wants for the desk?

2. What is the "something" the man sees in the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?

3. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record?

4. What word does the girl use to describe the records the man had given her when she tells people the story of that night?

5. What does the man say to the girl as they dance as the end of the story?

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