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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?
(a) The TV.
(b) The record player.
(c) The portable heater.
(d) The blender.

2. How does the reader know people in the neighborhood are watching the boy and the girl in the driveway alone?
(a) Someone tells them to get a room.
(b) Cops approaching saying they have been called by several neighbors.
(c) Lights come on in the houses up and down the street.
(d) People stand on their porches and stare.

3. Where are the girl and the boy when the man approaches his house?
(a) The girl is on the porch, the boy is on the bed.
(b) The girl is on the bed, the boy is on the porch.
(c) The girl is in the car, the boy is on the bed.
(d) The girl is on the couch, the boy is at the kitchen table.

4. What is the first item the girl shows interest in as they pass the man's house?
(a) The kitchen set.
(b) The desk.
(c) The bed.
(d) The record player.

5. What word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Broke.
(d) Impulsive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?

2. What color was the too large cloth that covered the kitchen table that was outside of the house?

3. What is the first item the boy shows interest in as they pass the man's house?

4. What item does the boy say is "pretty good" (3) before going to see if anybody is home?

5. How are the sheets described, which lay on the drawers near two pillows?

(see the answer key)

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