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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator rings up a customer's item twice, she "starts giving" (2) him what?
(a) A time.
(b) Hell.
(c) The riot act.
(d) The business.

2. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?
(a) Towels.
(b) Flip-flops.
(c) Tank tops.
(d) Bathing suits.

3. The other young women are described by the narrator as doing what to Queenie as they all walk toward the meat counter?
(a) Distancing themselves from her.
(b) Clinging to her.
(c) Huddling against her.
(d) Pretending not to know her.

4. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?
(a) Number 2.
(b) Number 3.
(c) Number 1.
(d) Number 4.

5. What is NOT an action the narrator describes as being part of the other customers' reactions to seeing the young women?
(a) Hop.
(b) Hiccup.
(c) Jump.
(d) Jerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which register is Stokesie working throughout the story?

2. What is NOT a piece of evidence the narrator cites when he hypothesizes that one of the young women has just bought a new swimsuit?

3. The young woman on whom the narrator first focuses is wearing a green what?

4. What kind of pattern does the floor at the A and P have?

5. The narrator describes the young woman to whom he refers as "Queenie" (5) as being "more than" (3) what?

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