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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?
(a) A gaze.
(b) A stare.
(c) A dagger-like gaze.
(d) A glare.

2. The narrator tells the reader, "Here comes the" what "part of the story" (12)?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Best.
(c) Sad.
(d) Dumb.

3. What word does Lengel repeat when he speaks to the young women for the second time?
(a) Girls.
(b) Beach.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Indecent.

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

5. The narrator says that the sound of one young woman's voice immediately takes him to what location?
(a) Hell.
(b) Her living room.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Back to reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of town is the A and P located?

2. The narrator states that only when his parents have people over for a very what kind of "affair" (14) do they serve alcoholic beverages?

3. The narrator at first thinks that one of the young women is blushing, but then thinks that she may be red for what other reason?

4. The narrator asks the reader in reference to females, "Do you really think there's a mind in there or just a buzz like a" what "in a glass jar" (2)?

5. From what location does the girl the narrator calls "Queenie" (5) pull a folded dollar bill?

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