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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 makes the girl a little uneasy as she dances with the man?
(a) She is too drunk to dance well.
(b) The man tries to kiss her.
(c) Her boyfriend seems angry.
(d) The neighbors are watching.

2. What word does the man use to address the boy and the girl?
(a) People.
(b) Kids.
(c) Lovebirds.
(d) Cats.

3. What is the final thing the girls says to the man as they dance in his driveway?
(a) You must be moving far away.
(b) You must be desperate or something.
(c) You must be the nicest man on earth.
(d) You must really like this song.

4. What does the girl tell the boy she wants to buy after the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?
(a) The desk.
(b) The bed.
(c) The couch.
(d) The lamp.

5. What is the "something" the man sees in the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
(a) Smart or dumb.
(b) Love or hate.
(c) Nice or nasty.
(d) Rich or poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl do after she is done dancing with the boy?

2. Where do the boy and girl sit after they have their drinks?

3. What does the girl tell the boy she wants in the drink he pours her?

4. What does the boy ask the girl after the man drop his cigarette between the couch cushions?

5. What does the girl say to the man after he tells them that "everything goes" (5)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?

2. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.

3. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?

4. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?

5. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?

6. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?

7. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?

8. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record? What does the boy think of this suggestion?

9. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?

10. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?

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