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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stokesie takes what action deliberately and quietly?
(a) Rings up purchases.
(b) Shakes open a bag.
(c) Coughs.
(d) Counts back a customer's change.

2. What fruit does the narrator use in a simile describing the quiet way in which Stokesie takes a particular action?
(a) A lemon.
(b) A lime.
(c) A banana.
(d) A peach.

3. Whom does the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) name as the person who had asked her to visit the grocery store?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

4. The narrator states that what "the others want is" (19) what?
(a) Full jails.
(b) Juvenile delinquency.
(c) Freedom.
(d) A grant.

5. The narrator states that "Policy is what" (19) who wants?
(a) The establishment.
(b) The man.
(c) The boss.
(d) The kingpins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sammy says that nearby the altercation between Lengel and the young women, he can feel "everybody getting" (21) what?

2. What is the first word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?

3. The narrator describes Lengel's movements by using what verb?

4. To what is the narrator referring when he discusses Stokesie's "fuselage" (8)?

5. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?

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