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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record?
(a) Go home.
(b) Make an offer on the record player.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Dance.

2. What does the girl tell the boy to do if someone is home and they discuss prices?
(a) Offer $10 less than whatever they are asking.
(b) Ask if they can deliver.
(c) Offer a little more so they can ensure a sale.
(d) Offer to buy the whole lot for $100.

3. 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) Lights come on in the houses up and down the street.
(c) People stand on their porches and stare.
(d) Cops approaching saying they have been called by several neighbors.

4. What does the boy say after he and the girl dance to a few records in the driveway?
(a) Let's go home.
(b) I'm starving.
(c) I'm drunk.
(d) I'm tired.

5. What does the man say to the girls offer for the bed?
(a) He'd take it.
(b) No way.
(c) Get lost.
(d) Price is firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?

2. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?

3. What does the man tell the girl it is "good" that she found when he arrives at the house?

4. What is the "something" the man sees in the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?

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

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