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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who asks Sammy if he has rung up the purchase of the three young women?
(a) McMahon.
(b) No one.
(c) Lengel.
(d) Stokesie.
2. What are the two terms spoken by the young woman referred to as "Queenie" (5) that the narrator linguistically analyzes?
(a) Take them and go.
(b) Mother and time.
(c) Hurry and no.
(d) Pick up and snacks.
3. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
(a) Hello.
(b) Love.
(c) Happy.
(d) You.
4. The narrator describes the young woman he calls "Queenie" (5) as doing what to two different words?
(a) Tripping over them.
(b) Lisping them out.
(c) Ticking over them.
(d) Spitting them out.
5. The narrator describes Lengel's movements by using what verb?
(a) Creeping.
(b) Striking.
(c) Scaling.
(d) Scuttling.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Sammy?
2. What is NOT a register button Sammy hits while ringing up the young woman's purchase?
3. The narrator states that when his parents do serve alcoholic beverages at a party, they serve what?
4. The narrator states that "Policy is what" (19) who wants?
5. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within Sammy's reply to Lengel's claim about the harm inflicted by the young women?
2. In what way does Updike use the animal motif within the customers' reaction to the scene involving Lengel and the young women?
3. What is Lengel's reply to Sammy's accusation?
4. Why does Sammy use haste when saying "I quit" (22) the first time?
5. For what reason and in what manner does Lengel confront the three young women in the store?
6. Discuss the socioeconomic status from which Sammy's family stems.
7. What is the policy cited by Lengel when he tells the young women they are in violation?
8. What is ironic about Sammy's claim that Lengel is the most nervous person involved?
9. In what way do food similes enter the story and for what purpose does Updike use them?
10. Discuss a possible reason for Lengel's request for Sammy to repeat his words "I quit" (22).
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