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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 boy say he will do if anyone is home?
(a) Ask if everything is okay.
(b) Offer to buy the whole lot.
(c) Ask how much things are selling for.
(d) Ask where they are moving.

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

3. What part of the house does the man look at set up on his front yard at the start of the story?
(a) The living room set.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The bedroom set.
(d) The dining room set.

4. How much does the man say he was thinking of asking for the bed?
(a) $80.
(b) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $125.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what material was the kitchen set made?

2. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?

3. What does the girl do as the boy sits on the couch with a cigarette looking at the TV?

4. What does the girl tell the boy to do if someone is home and they discuss prices?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?

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

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

10. What items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives?

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