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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
(a) His toy soldiers.
(b) His walkie talkie.
(c) His tricycle.
(d) His pogo stick.

2. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
(a) Sleeping Beauty.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Snow White.
(d) The Little Mermaid.

3. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Migrant miners.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Burglars.

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

5. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?
(a) Loquacious.
(b) Trustworthy.
(c) Itinerant.
(d) Eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

2. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?

3. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?

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

5. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?

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