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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Sammy uncrease the bill handed to him by the young woman he privately calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Tenderly.
(b) Carefully.
(c) Briskly.
(d) Lovingly.

2. Lengel tells Sammy, "I don't think you know what you're" (29) what?
(a) Ruining.
(b) Doing.
(c) Saying.
(d) Leaving.

3. What are the first two syllables of the nonsense word Sammy utters in response to Lengel's comment?
(a) Skeedle.
(b) Fiddle.
(c) Super.
(d) Faddle.

4. How does the person who notices the narrator's reaction to Lengel's repeated word feel about the narrator's reaction?
(a) He is shocked.
(b) He likes it.
(c) He finds it funny.
(d) He does not like it.

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

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

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

8. What color are the eyes of the young woman whom the narrator calls "Queenie" (5)?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

9. What fruit does the narrator use in a simile describing the quiet way in which Stokesie takes a particular action?
(a) A banana.
(b) A lime.
(c) A lemon.
(d) A peach.

10. What adjective does Sammy use to describe the hand shape of the young woman to whom he gives change?
(a) Curved.
(b) Flat.
(c) Slim.
(d) Narrow.

11. The customers "bunch up" (20) in front of whose register?
(a) Lengel.
(b) Stokesie.
(c) The narrator.
(d) McMahon.

12. What is a name Sammy does NOT privately call the young women as he watches them walk?
(a) Plaid.
(b) Queenie.
(c) Frizzy.
(d) Big Tall Goony-Goony.

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

14. The narrator describes the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5) as doing what to two different words?
(a) Spitting them out.
(b) Lisping them out.
(c) Tripping over them.
(d) Ticking over them.

15. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?
(a) Lanky.
(b) Thin.
(c) Chunky.
(d) Tall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lengel tells the girls that he does not want to take what action?

3. What term does Lengel use when he address the young women in the store?

4. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?

5. Sammy says that once a person uses the cash register enough, "it begins to make a little" (21) what?

(see the answer keys)

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