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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 does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?
(a) Throw bombs and destroy all they have.
(b) Kidnap their maid and gardener.
(c) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.
(d) Tear off the plaque and stream in.

2. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(b) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(c) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(d) The buses will not take them to the city.

3. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) People of another color.
(b) People of a higher caste.
(c) Religious people.
(d) Artistic people.

4. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) Undermined ground.
(c) Burial grounds.
(d) Stilts.

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Give her a raise.
(b) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(c) Get a gun.
(d) Move to the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?

2. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?

3. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

4. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?

5. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

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