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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many young women walk into the grocery store at the start of the story?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

3. The narrator does not see the young women until they are over by what food item?
(a) The bread.
(b) The dairy.
(c) The meat.
(d) The produce.

4. How old is the woman who takes the narrator to task for ringing up her crackers twice, according to the narrator?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

5. What term does the narrator use in reference to the women in hair curlers who shop in the A and P?
(a) Housemice.
(b) House-slaves.
(c) Housewives.
(d) Stepford wives.

6. How old is Stokesie?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 30.
(d) 26.

7. The three young women take their purchase up to whose register?
(a) The narrator's.
(b) Lengel's.
(c) McMahon's.
(d) Stokesie's.

8. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see what kind of store?
(a) A newspaper store.
(b) A liquor store.
(c) A pet store.
(d) A tobacco store.

9. The narrator says that there are citizens of his town who have not seen what "for twenty years" (10)?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A skyscraper.
(c) Daylight.
(d) Their feet.

10. What street does the narrator name when depicting the "free-loaders" (10) in his town?
(a) Central.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Main.
(d) Flora.

11. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Stokesie's "voice" as he asks Sammy, "Is it done" (9)?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Responsible.

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

13. In what part of town is the A and P located?
(a) The outskirts.
(b) The middle.
(c) The east side.
(d) The south side.

14. At which register is Stokesie working throughout the story?
(a) Number 6.
(b) Number 3.
(c) Number 4.
(d) Number 2.

15. 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?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which "check-out slot" (1) is the narrator working throughout the story?

2. The narrator describes the young women in the store as being "without" (2) what item?

3. Stokesie says to the narrator, "Oh" (7) what?

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

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

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