"Checkouts" Practice Quiz

Who is the author of "Checkouts?

• Mark Twain
• Cynthia Rylant
• J.K. Rowling
• Ernest Hemingway

Where did the girl move to?

• Buffalo, NY

• Chicago, IL

• EL Paso, TX

• Cincinatti, OH

Why does the girl like to grocery shop?

• She enjoys shopping for clothes instead.
• She likes to meet friends at the store.
• She likes to think, relax and wander.

• She likes to explore new foods and plan meals.

Who did the girl fall in love with?

• The bag boy

• A famous actor
• Her best friend
• The boy next door

How did she fall in love?

• Because of a mutual friend’s suggestion.
• Through a chance encounter at a coffee shop.
• a bag boy dropped her mayonnaise

• By reading romantic novels.

What kind of person is the boy?

• Bored and quiet
• Angry and withdrawn
• Serious and focused
• nervous and disheveled

How many weeks went by before the girl sees the bag boy again?

• 1 week
• 3 weeks
• 4 weeks
• 2 weeks

What was ironic about the girl and the bag boy meeting up a second time at the grocery store?

• They smiled at each other and looked away.

• Neither of them hinted they had been obsessing over each other.

• Her parents think it's a sacrifice of her time.

• A bag boy dropped her jar of mayonnaise.

Where did the girl and the bag boy cross paths at the end of the story?

• At the beach
• In the library
• At the grocery store
• At the movie theater

What does solitary mean?

• being in a group of people

• a type of social gathering

• a term used for a type of music genre

• being alone or isolated