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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. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?
(a) The graffiti left on her sofa.
(b) Stealing her piano.
(c) The vandalism.
(d) The burglars where white.

2. When does the person the narrator met at the start of Part One return?
(a) Around noon.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) In the evening.
(d) In the morning.

3. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Four years before the events of the book.
(b) Three years before the events of the book.
(c) Twelve years before the events of the book.
(d) Five years before the events of the book.

4. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?
(a) That she will find him work.
(b) That he cannot stay.
(c) That she will call the police.
(d) That she will house him for work.

5. What does the narrator think of doing with her cats after her death?
(a) Give them to the homeless man.
(b) Give them to a hospital.
(c) Have them put down.
(d) Give them to her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

2. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?

3. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?

4. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?

5. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

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