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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, p. 15-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late morning.
(d) Late afternoon.

2. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Tchaikovsky.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Debussy.
(d) Bach.

3. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?
(a) To cook for her.
(b) To be her driver.
(c) To mail papers to her daughter after she dies.
(d) To marry her.

4. What does the person helping the narrator say she could do with the extra room in her house?
(a) Rent to recently released prisoners.
(b) Rent to students.
(c) Create a bed and breakfast.
(d) Take a second mortgage.

5. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?
(a) A homeless man is exposing himself.
(b) A dog is loose on her property.
(c) A vagrant on her property.
(d) The pool house is on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator's husband in Part One?

2. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?

3. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?

4. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?

5. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?

(see the answer key)

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