A&P Questions PDF
A&P Questions PDF
A&P Questions PDF
2. How/why does Sammy contrast his family parties with what he imagines about the
parties of Queenie’s family? Would he prefer hers over his? Why/why not? Which
specific words (diction) most indicate Sammy’s state of mind?
3. How do the customers in the supermarket react to the appearance of Queenie and her
friends? How does the manager Lengel react to them? How do the other employees
react to them?
4. Analyze the author’s use of diction (word choice), syntax (word/sentence order) and
imagery to show Queenie and her friends’ circuit around the store. How does this
support the structure/theme of the story?
5. Why does Sammy quit his job? Does he hope to gain anything by doing so?
6. Explain the last sentence of the story. What tone does he seem to be taking?
7. Why is the first-person narration of this story appropriate to the tone and theme? Is
Sammy a totally reliable narrator, or is there some irony directed at him by the author?
Revised 9/2011