Checkouts

Which sentence from the selection tells you that the girl and the boy are enjoying the excitement in spite of the conflict?

• A.  "Humans are very complicated creatures."
• B. " And when finally they did meet up again, neither offered a clue to the other that he, or she, had been the object of obsessive thought for weeks."
• C.  "Incredibly, it was another four weeks before they saw each other again."
• D. "Yet in their disappointment these weeks there was a kind of ecstasy."

Which statement best expresses the theme of this story?

• F.  If you don't take the initiative to get what you want, you will never get it.  
• G. People should be true to their own goals.
• H.  It is important not to judge others too quickly.
• J.  Life offers few chances for happiness.

Read this sentences from paragraph 5
Each time she went to the store, her eyes scanned the checkouts at once, her heart in her mouth.
This sentence shows that the girl—

• A. tries to avoid the bagboy
• B.  knows the bagboy likes her
• C. hopes to run into the bagboy again
• D.  fears running into the bagboy again

The author included paragraph 6 in order to -- 

• F.  explain why the girl and boy jad not seen each other in several weeks
• G.  let the reader know that the girl and boy liked each other
• H.  show the reader that the boy was afraid of the girl
• J.  demonstrate how upset the girl is when the boy doesn't greet her

What effect does the boy depression have on the resolution of the story?

• A.  It makes the girl want to help him.
• B.  It forces him to leave the grocery store and get a better job.
• C.  It helps the boy accept the fact that the girl is too good for him.
• D.  It makes the girl question whether or not he likes her.

Which sentence best demonstrates the moment when the bag boy realizes he has lost his opportunity with the girl.

• F.  He wanted a second chance.
• G.  and each hour he worked, the bag boy kept one eye on the door, watching for the red-haired girl with the big brown bow.
• H.  And the  bag boy let her leave the store pretending not to notice her.
• J.  And when they did meet up again, neither offered a clue to the other that he, or she, had been the object of obsessive thought for weeks.

Because the story is written from a third-person point of view, the reader is better able to understand—

• A.  The reason the girl was so attracted to the boy
• B.  how unlikely it was that the girl would run into the boy at the movies 
• C.  why the boy and the girl never spoke to each other
• D.  that the boy and girl never realized the feelings each had for the other

In paragraph 9, the reader can tell that people who have "crossed path" have—

• F.  failed to see each other
• G.  met unexpectedly
• H.  lost their way 
  H.  lost their way
• J.  avoided contact

Which event triggers the main problem in the story?

• A.  The bag boy dropping the mayonnaise jar.
• B.  The girl's longing for the life she left behind.
• C.  The boy's embarrassment for his clumsiness.
• D.  The girl meets a boy who makes her forget the bag boy.

Which of these is the best summary of the story?

• F.  A girl moves with her family to Cincinnati. She goes to the supermarket where she sees a bag boy that she falls in love with after he drops her jar of mayonnaise. For weeks they long to see each other, but ignores each other when they finally meet again. Eventually, they start dating others and when they have a chance meeting at the movies, they only slightly smile at each other as if they were strangers.
• G.  A girl falls in love with a boy who works in a grocery store. Although he is embarrassed by his clumsiness, she finds this very attractive. Unfortunately, she leaves the store without ever even talking to him.
• H.  A boy who works in a grocery store wants to meet the red-haired girl. But when she avoids him every time she comes to the store, he begins to hate her and decides to quit his job at the store.
• J. A girl and a boy fall in love the first time they meet.  Neither can get the courage to speak to the other. But when they run into each at the movies, they realize how much they had missed and began to smile at each other.