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Jayne Anne Phillips, Cheers

Jayne Anne Phillips, Cheers

Read Cheers and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The sewing woman lives

past Arey’s Feed Store.

in Bounty, Florida.

behind a greasy restaurant.

in West Virginia.

2. The sewing woman’s rooms smell

of salted grease and old newspapers.

of cheap make-up.

of honey and roses.

of animals.

3. The narrator is

the mother of a girl being fitted for a cheerleading suit.

watching television.

being fitted for a cheerleading suit.

being fitted for a dress to wear in a theater production of The Scarlet Letter.

4. The children are watching

Sesame Street.

a television show about Florida.

Queen for a Day.

a television program about Princess Diana.

5. Who tucks money into her sweater?

the narrator’s mother

the queen

the narrator

the sewing woman