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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. How are the sheets described, which lay on the drawers near two pillows?
(a) Checkered.
(b) Solid.
(c) Candy striped.
(d) Zig-zagged.

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 dining room set.
(b) The living room set.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The bedroom set.

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?
(a) Love her forever.
(b) See if anyone is home.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Get in the car and leave.

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

5. What does the boy say about the pillow when the girl asks how it feels?
(a) Soft.
(b) It stinks.
(c) Old.
(d) Firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the man say he was thinking of asking for the bed?

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

3. What does the man say to the girls offer for the bed?

4. What does the man take from his sack first when he arrives at the home to find the girl and boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. Why is the boy hesitant to lay on the bed with the girl when she asks him?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does the boy say he is going to do if anybody is home after he gets off the bed?

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