Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lengel tells Sammy, "I don't think you know what you're" (29) what?
(a) Doing.
(b) Ruining.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Saying.
2. Lengel tells the young women that they must be dressed in what way when they come into the store?
(a) Decently.
(b) Completely.
(c) Fully.
(d) Appropriately.
3. The narrator says that the truck parked outside of the A and P is full of what?
(a) Tourists.
(b) Farmhands.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Cabbages.
4. Lengel performs what function within his church?
(a) He is a deacon.
(b) He teaches Sunday school.
(c) He is a reverend.
(d) He is the custodian.
5. What word does the narrator use to describe the young woman wearing the green plaid bathing suit?
(a) Tall.
(b) Thin.
(c) Lanky.
(d) Chunky.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who notices when the narrator reacts in a particular way to Lengel's repetition of one word?
2. In what way does Sammy describe the change he provides to the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5)?
3. Sammy tells the reader that it is "more" (21) what than they think to run a register?
4. What adjective does Sammy use to describe the hand shape of the young woman to whom he gives change?
5. What had Lengel been doing in the parking lot before entering the store to confront the young women?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lengel's reply to Sammy's accusation?
2. What unique form of imagery does Updike create to depict Queenie's anger at Lengel's words?
3. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within Sammy's reply to Lengel's claim about the harm inflicted by the young women?
4. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative?
5. How is repetition utilized within Paragraph 21?
6. In what way does Updike use the animal motif within the customers' reaction to the scene involving Lengel and the young women?
7. In what way does Sammy react to Lengel's mention of policy?
8. Discuss the socioeconomic status from which Sammy's family stems.
9. What type of home life does Sammy imagine for the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?
10. What is ironic about Sammy's claim that Lengel is the most nervous person involved?
|
This section contains 954 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
