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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the young boy to do?
(a) To go back to school.
(b) To turn himself in.
(c) To stay the night.
(d) To leave by the back door.

2. What does the narrator tell Mr. Vercueil as he enters the kitchen?
(a) To have the dog sleep outside.
(b) To give her her money back.
(c) To have the woman leave.
(d) To pack and leave.

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

4. What does the narrator say to the housekeeper that one day will hurt everybody?
(a) Love.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Hate.

5. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?
(a) A heart condition.
(b) Alzheimer's.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Terminal cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare aging to?

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

3. What does Florence tell the narrator?

4. What instrument does the narrator play?

5. What happens late at night in Part Three?

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