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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Almeda see slumped against her fence in the morning?
(a) A bum.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A woman.
(d) A child.

2. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?
(a) She is her neighbor.
(b) She is her mother.
(c) She is her dead mother's friend.
(d) She is her sister.

3. What is the job of the man in #20?
(a) Janitorial.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Construction.
(d) Welding.

4. What does Almeda wonder when she hears the sounds in the night?
(a) If the alley cats are getting into trash cans.
(b) If the neighborhood bully is bashing mailboxes again.
(c) If someone has been murdered.
(d) If the couple next door is having a party.

5. How many times has Almeda been married?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?

2. What job did the narrator's mother have as a young woman?

3. Which of the following sounds does Almeda NOT hear when she is awakened one night?

4. What is Neil's answer when Brenda asks him if he ever took money from the girl at the sweets shop?

5. What type of shop do Brenda and her husband now run?

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