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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 does the narrator tell the person that calls her?
(a) That the homeless man owns the dog.
(b) That the dog is hers.
(c) That the vagrant is in fact her employee.
(d) That the pool house heats the pool.

2. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Water.
(d) Tea.

3. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The police.
(c) Florence.
(d) Concerned neighbors.

4. What does the narrator tell the person that lives near her house?
(a) To come inside to sleep.
(b) To leave the following morning.
(c) Not to urinate in the yard.
(d) Not to light any fires.

5. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?
(a) Work on the lawn mower.
(b) Dig a hole.
(c) Clean the pool.
(d) Ride a bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?

2. Where does the housekeeper live?

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

4. What does the narrator give the man following his reaction to her comment regarding giving money for nothing?

5. What is the name of the homeless man?

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