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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Jack feel uneasy getting on the bed with the girl?
(a) He barely knows the girl.
(b) The neighbors are watching.
(c) He thinks they should see if anybody is home.
(d) Other people are in the driveway with them.

3. What does the man take from his sack first when he arrives at the home to find the girl and boy?
(a) Cigarettes and vodka.
(b) Beer and whiskey.
(c) Chips and a sandwich.
(d) Chips and salsa.

4. What does the girl do as the boy sits on the couch with a cigarette looking at the TV?
(a) She sits beside the boy.
(b) She lay on the bed.
(c) She looks through the records.
(d) She gets back in the car.

5. What does the boy say he will do if anyone is home?
(a) Ask how much things are selling for.
(b) Offer to buy the whole lot.
(c) Ask where they are moving.
(d) Ask if everything is okay.

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

7. 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 on the couch, the boy is at the kitchen table.
(d) The girl is in the car, the boy is on the bed.

8. What does the boy say he is going to do after the second time the girl tells him to kiss her on the bed?
(a) Love her forever.
(b) Get in the car and leave.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) See if anyone is home.

9. What word does both the man and the girl use to describe the bed when the man first arrives?
(a) Groovy.
(b) Super.
(c) Good.
(d) Lousy.

10. What part of the house does the man look at set up on his front yard at the start of the story?
(a) The bedroom set.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The living room set.
(d) The dining room set.

11. What item does the boy say is "pretty good" (3) before going to see if anybody is home?
(a) The record player.
(b) The TV.
(c) The heater.
(d) The bed.

12. What does the girl say to the boy as they pass the man's house with the items outside?
(a) Looks like we have new neighbors.
(b) This guy must be crazy.
(c) It must be a yard sale.
(d) Someone must have gotten kicked out.

13. From what material was the kitchen set made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Steel.
(c) Oak.
(d) Aluminum.

14. What part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?
(a) Living Room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Bedroom.

15. What word does the author use for chest of drawers in the story?
(a) Dresser.
(b) Bureau.
(c) Chiffonier.
(d) Cabinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy say about the pillow when the girl asks how it feels?

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

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

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

5. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?

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