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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. Why does the girl tell everyone the story of the night with the man in the driveway?
(a) It was the night she and her boyfriend broke up.
(b) She had had a very boring life up to that point.
(c) She knew there was more to it and was trying to talk it out.
(d) She thought it was the best night of her life.

8. What word does the girl use to describe the records the man had given her when she tells people the story of that night?
(a) Groovy.
(b) Vintage.
(c) Super.
(d) Crappy.

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

10. What does the man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
(a) Eat his sandwich.
(b) Have another drink.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Put on a record.

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

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

13. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record?
(a) Go home.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Dance.
(d) Make an offer on the record player.

14. What does the man say to the girl as they dance as the end of the story?
(a) I hope you like your boyfriend.
(b) I hope you like me.
(c) I hope you like my dancing.
(d) I hope you like your bed.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy plan to pay the man?

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

3. What word does the man use to address the boy and the girl?

4. What does the man offer the boy and girl?

5. What does the girl tell the boy she wants to buy after the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?

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