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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 does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(d) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.

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

3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
(a) They had friends in the suburbs.
(b) They were looking for work.
(c) Their kids were bussed there for school.
(d) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?

4. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

5. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

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