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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 13-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what historical event does the narrator allude when he depicts the "cash-register-watcher" (1)?
(a) The Nuremberg Trials.
(b) The Spanish Inquisition.
(c) The Salem Witch Trials.
(d) Custer's Last Stand.

2. The young woman on whom the narrator first focuses is wearing a green what?
(a) Dress.
(b) Bathing suit.
(c) Towel.
(d) Visor.

3. The narrator uses what type of fruit to describe one of the young women's faces?
(a) A kumquat.
(b) A peach.
(c) An orange.
(d) A berry.

4. The tallest young woman in the group has what type of hair?
(a) Black and frizzy.
(b) Long and blonde.
(c) Red and long.
(d) Short and blonde.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years does the narrator say the woman he calls the "cash-register-watcher" (1) has been waiting for a cashier to make a mistake?

2. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see what kind of store?

3. What does the narrator describe the young women as wearing?

4. What street does the narrator name when depicting the "free-loaders" (10) in his town?

5. How does the narrator describe Stokesie's relationship status?

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