A&P Short Story by John Updike

Updike utilizes which narrative style?

• 1st person unreliable
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited
• 3rd person rotating

"I slid right down her voice into her living room" is an example of which literary device?

• Onomatopoeia 
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Infer: which of the following does Sammy not find attractive about Queenie?

• Her social class
• Her physical appearence
• Her boldness
• Her choice in bathing suit

Why was it considered strange for the girls to be in their bathing suits?

• It was cold outside
• They had previously been warned about it
• They weren't very close to the water
• This sort of thing was immoral in the 1960s

How would you best describe Sammy's attitude towards the patrons at the A&P?

• They were all morally inferior to him
• They were all bored with life and living in a cycle
• They were all ugly
• They were all threatening to him

What was Sammy's realization at the end of the story?

• That he can't stand humanity
• That the world is much more difficult than he'd previously akcnowledged
• That girls don't seem like him
• That he'll never work at a convenience store again

Which of the following contrasts is illuminated in Sammy's daydream?

• Upper class vs. Lower class
• Mainstream culture vs. Counterculture
• Attractive vs. Unattractive
• Intelligent vs. Unintelligent

Which of the following adjectives best describes Sammy's behavior throughout the story?

• Aggressive
• Naive
• Apathetic
• Oppositional