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

2. 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.

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

4. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?
(a) The old man was a callous employer.
(b) The laborer wanted the old man's antique clocks.
(c) The laborer was dismissed without pay.
(d) The widower would not give the laborer a raise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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

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

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

5. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?

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