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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. What does the man tell the girl it is "good" that she found when he arrives at the house?
(a) The TV.
(b) The record player.
(c) The couch.
(d) The bed.

2. What color was the too large cloth that covered the kitchen table that was outside of the house?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green.

3. From what material was the kitchen set made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Oak.
(c) Steel.
(d) Aluminum.

4. What is the first item the girl shows interest in as they pass the man's house?
(a) The kitchen set.
(b) The desk.
(c) The record player.
(d) The bed.

5. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?
(a) The TV.
(b) The blender.
(c) The record player.
(d) The portable heater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader know people in the neighborhood are watching the boy and the girl in the driveway alone?

2. What item does the boy say is "pretty good" (3) before going to see if anybody is home?

3. What does the boy say to the girl when she tells him to kiss her on the bed?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would, what does the boy do after the girl asked him to kiss her?

2. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?

3. What two things does the boy do "for no good reason" (2) instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would?

4. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?

5. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?

6. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?

7. What does the boy do when he first gets to the house and begins looking at the things?

8. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?

9. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?

10. What is the boy's name? What is the girl asking the boy to do the one and only time his name is mentioned in the story?

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