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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?
(a) Fully.
(b) Appropriately.
(c) Decently.
(d) Completely.

2. The narrator states that when his parents do serve alcoholic beverages at a party, they serve what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Schlitz.
(d) Budweiser.

3. Sammy tells the reader that it is "more" (21) what than they think to run a register?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Complex.

4. Sammy says that nearby the altercation between Lengel and the young women, he can feel "everybody getting" (21) what?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Grumpy.
(d) Impatient.

5. What is Sammy's verbal response to Lengel's question about the register?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Usually.

6. The narrator describes Lengel as doing what "all day" (13)?
(a) Moaning.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Hiding.
(d) Yelling.

7. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Happy.
(b) Hello.
(c) Love.
(d) You.

8. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?
(a) Cabbages.
(b) Farmhands.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Tourists.

9. When the narrator imagines the home of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5), what are the men at the party wearing?
(a) Bowties.
(b) Cravats.
(c) Bolo ties.
(d) Neckties.

10. Sammy spouts a nonsense word that he attributes to which family member?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His baby cousin.
(d) His little sister.

11. What does the sign on Lengel's office door read?
(a) Proprietor.
(b) Assistant Manager.
(c) Manager.
(d) Human Resources.

12. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Lengel when he states that Lengel is a church-involved man?
(a) Staunch.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Hypocritical.

13. What verb does Sammy use to describe his action of giving change?
(a) Toss.
(b) Place.
(c) Put.
(d) Pass.

14. What term does the narrator use to describe the intensity of the eye color of the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Extremely.
(b) Majorly.
(c) Completely.
(d) Very.

15. Who is Sammy?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Sammy uncrease the bill handed to him by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?

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

3. What word does Lengel repeat when he speaks to the young women for the second time?

4. The narrator says that he can feel in the silence that "everybody is getting" (20) what?

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

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