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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(d) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Security guards.
(b) An electronic alarm system.
(c) Guns.
(d) Fierce dogs.

3. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Flute.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Xylophone.
(d) Saxophone.

4. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
(a) The man's mother.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) The neighborhood association.
(d) They took out a loan.

5. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The man and the woman.
(b) The cat.
(c) The wise old witch.
(d) The housemaid and the gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?

2. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?

3. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

4. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?

5. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?

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