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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 man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
(a) Put on a record.
(b) Eat his sandwich.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Have another drink.

2. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?
(a) She stops trying to figure out what happened that night.
(b) She stopped trying to find the man.
(c) She stopped listening to the records.
(d) She stopped dating Jack.

3. What does the girl tell the boy she wants in the drink he pours her?
(a) Club soda.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Coca Cola.

4. What does the man say to the girl when she asks how much he wants for the desk?
(a) It's not for sale.
(b) Name a figure.
(c) $50.
(d) You can have it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record?

2. What is the man doing when his cigarette drops between the couch cushions?

3. What does the man say to the girl as they dance as the end of the story?

4. What does the boy tell them the whiskey does as he holds up the glass and jiggles it?

5. What does the girl do when the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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