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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 35-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does the narrator play?
(a) Piano.
(b) The guitar.
(c) The trombone.
(d) The violin.

2. What does the housekeeper call Mr. Vercueil?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) A man.
(d) Garbage.

3. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) On edge.

4. Where is the person the narrator finds at the start of Part One?
(a) Near her garage.
(b) Near her neighbor's house
(c) Near her pool.
(d) Near the grocery store.

5. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?
(a) To return the unspent money to her.
(b) To give the unspent money to a charity.
(c) To return what he purchased.
(d) To keep the unspent money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man buy with the money he takes from the narrator?

2. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?

3. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?

4. What does the person helping the narrator say she could do with the extra room in her house?

5. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?

(see the answer key)

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