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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 23 - 26 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?
(a) A thriller.
(b) A haiku.
(c) A screenplay.
(d) A children's story.

2. 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.

3. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(b) It said "All Are Welcome."
(c) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(d) It contained a peace sign.

4. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In the city.
(b) In a far away land.
(c) In her mind.
(d) In another country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

2. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?

3. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

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

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

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