A&P

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. “You know, it’s one thing to have a girl in a bathing suit down on the beach… and another thing in the cool of the A&P.” What literary device is exemplified here?

A) Juxtaposition

B) Metaphor

C) Epiphany

D) Foreshadowing

2. What literary device is exemplified in the line, “You wouldn’t have known there could be anything whiter than those shoulders”?

A) Personification

B) Imagery

C) Simile

D) Hyperbole

3. Which quote is a description of Queenie?

A) “The one that caught my eye at first was the one in the plaid green two-piece.” (Paragraph 1)

B) “The longer her neck was, the more of her there was.” (Paragraph 3)

C) “[A] tall one, with black hair that hadn’t quite frizzed right” (Paragraph 2)

D) “The fat one with the tan sort of fumbled with the cookies” (Paragraph 5)

4. Which best describes the effect of the narrator’s description of Stokesie’s life?

A) It makes the reader sympathize with the girls.

B) It makes Stokesie’s life seem attractive.

C) It characterizes the life Sammy hopes to have one day.

D) It shows the probable future of most young men in Sammy’s town.

5. Which best describes how Lengel treats the girls?

A) Carefully and with respect

B) Sarcastically and with disdain

C) Stubbornly and with condescension

D) Happily and with gratitude

6. Which of the following quotes demonstrates the theme of Discontent With Class Status?

A) “When my parents have somebody over they get lemonade” (Paragraph 14)

B) “Queenie blushes, though maybe it’s just a brush of sunburn” (Paragraph 14)

C) “She had sort of oaky hair that the sun and salt had bleached” (Paragraph 4)

D) “You never know for sure how girls’ minds work” (Paragraph 2)

7. Which best describes the effect of Sammy’s detailed physical description of the three girls?

A) It makes the audience understand how much he respects them.

B) It makes the girls sound smart, friendly, and kind.

C) It characterizes Sammy as a voyeur.

D) It shows how Lengel has destroyed Sammy’s life.

8. Which quote best demonstrates Sammy’s opinion of the other shoppers in the A&P?

A) “She must have felt in the corner of her eye me and over my shoulder Stokesie in the second slot watching.” (Paragraph 5)

B) “All this while, the customers had been showing up with their carts but, you know, sheep, seeing a scene, they had all bunched up on Stokesie.” (Paragraph 20)

C) “I look for my girls, but they’re gone, of course.” (Paragraph 32)

D) “I started to say something that came out ‘Fiddle-de-doo.’” (Paragraph 28)

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Describe the relationship between Sammy and Lengel. How long have Sammy and Lengel known each other and in what capacity? Do you think Sammy respects Lengel? Why or why not? Does Lengel want to help Sammy? Explain your reasoning.