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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?
(a) They had been warned by his mother not to take anyone in off the street.
(b) They could not afford to pay anyone else.
(c) They had no resumes.
(d) They did not need any extra help.

2. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
(a) Frogs and cicadas.
(b) Mosquitoes and bluejays.
(c) Bees and grasshoppers.
(d) Blackbirds and crickets.

3. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Burglars.
(b) Other police officers.
(c) Schoolchildren.
(d) Rioters.

4. 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 buses will not take them to the city.
(b) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(d) The people of the city will not know how to get there.

5. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
(a) The bar was raided.
(b) The television was smashed.
(c) The bedrooms were ransacked.
(d) The car was stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

2. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

3. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

4. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

5. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

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