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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sammy do with the object purchased by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) He nestles it into a bag.
(b) He slides it across the counter.
(c) He tosses it into a bag.
(d) He places it in her hand.

2. What is Sammy's cerebral response to Lengel's question about the register?
(a) No.
(b) Always.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

3. 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.

4. What are the final two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters to Lengel?
(a) De-doo.
(b) Doo-da.
(c) Dee-dee.
(d) Da-dee.

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the young women's feet?
(a) White.
(b) Bare.
(c) Naked.
(d) Dainty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a register button Sammy hits while ringing up the young woman's purchase?

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 three young women take their purchase up to whose register?

4. How many different register buttons does Sammy press before the register drawer is ejected so that he can provide change to the young woman?

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the speech of the young woman to whom he refers as "Queenie" (5)?

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