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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 part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?
(a) Bedroom.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Living Room.
(d) Bathroom.
2. What item does the boy say is "pretty good" (3) before going to see if anybody is home?
(a) The record player.
(b) The heater.
(c) The TV.
(d) The bed.
3. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
(a) The kitchen set, heater, and record player.
(b) The TV, bed, and desk.
(c) The rattan chair, chiffonier, and TV.
(d) The TV, kitchen set, and pillows.
4. Where are the girl and the boy when the man approaches his house?
(a) The girl is in the car, the boy is on the bed.
(b) The girl is on the couch, the boy is at the kitchen table.
(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.
5. How does the reader know people in the neighborhood are watching the boy and the girl in the driveway alone?
(a) Lights come on in the houses up and down the street.
(b) Cops approaching saying they have been called by several neighbors.
(c) People stand on their porches and stare.
(d) Someone tells them to get a room.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of "Why Don't You Dance?"?
2. What does the man have in his sack as he approaches the house?
3. What does the boy say he is going to do after the second time the girl tells him to kiss her on the bed?
4. What does the man say to the girls offer for the bed?
5. What does the man take from his sack first when he arrives at the home to find the girl and boy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
2. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
3. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
4. 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?
5. What does the boy say he is going to do if anybody is home after he gets off the bed?
6. How do the boy and girl bargain with the man for the items they ask about? Who seems in charge of the negotiations?
7. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?
8. What does the boy do when he first gets to the house and begins looking at the things?
9. 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?
10. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
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