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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) The man's mother.
(d) The town councilor.

2. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?
(a) Broken glass embedded in cement on the tops of walls.
(b) Getting guard dogs.
(c) Getting stickers with security company's names on them.
(d) Setting booby traps.

3. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?
(a) Flooding.
(b) Fire.
(c) Theft.
(d) Riot damage.

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

5. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) The universe.
(b) One's senses.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Her piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?

2. What is the narrator's house built atop?

3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

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

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

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