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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. Where are the girl and the boy when the man approaches his house?
(a) The girl is on the couch, the boy is at the kitchen table.
(b) The girl is in the car, the boy is on the bed.
(c) The girl is on the porch, the boy is on the bed.
(d) The girl is on the bed, the boy is on the porch.

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

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

4. What does the boy say to the girl when she tells him to kiss her on the bed?
(a) I thought you'd never ask.
(b) Gross.
(c) Of course.
(d) Let's get up.

5. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
(a) The TV, bed, and desk.
(b) The kitchen set, heater, and record player.
(c) The rattan chair, chiffonier, and TV.
(d) The TV, kitchen set, and pillows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy say about the pillow when the girl asks how it feels?

2. What word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?

3. What part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?

4. Who is the author of "Why Don't You Dance?"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the girl tell the boy to do when he finally gets on the bed with her? How does he respond?

3. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?

4. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did people react when they drove by and saw all of the man's things outside his house? What does the man realize he has in common with these people?

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