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

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

3. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
(a) The TV, kitchen set, and pillows.
(b) The TV, bed, and desk.
(c) The rattan chair, chiffonier, and TV.
(d) The kitchen set, heater, and record player.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?

2. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?

3. Why is the boy hesitant to lay on the bed with the girl when she asks him?

4. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?

5. What does the boy say he is going to do if anybody is home after he gets off the bed?

6. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?

7. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?

8. How did people react when they drove by and saw all of the man's things outside his house? What does the man realize he has in common with these people?

9. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?

10. Instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would, what does the boy do after the girl asked him to kiss her?

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