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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 56-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?
(a) Fixing a drainage problem.
(b) Cleaning the gutters.
(c) Cleaning the back yard.
(d) Repairing the second floor lights.

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

3. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) End stage cancer.
(b) Alcohol withdrawal.
(c) Drug withdrawal.
(d) Alzheimer's disease.

4. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Her sister and her brother.
(b) Her daughter and Bach.
(c) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.
(d) Bach and Beethoven.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do after being beaten?

4. What do new contacts allow the narrator to experience?

5. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?

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