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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 narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) The door.
(b) Her gun.
(c) The floor.
(d) Her reflection in the mirror.

2. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) A man, and a woman and their son.
(b) A father and his son.
(c) An old woman and her adult son.
(d) A single mother and her child.

3. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Tombs.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Boats.
(d) Homes.

4. 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) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.
(d) Their kids were bussed there for school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

2. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?

3. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?

4. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?

5. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?

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