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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) An apartment in the city.
(b) A condo by the ocean.
(c) A house in the suburbs.
(d) A house in the country.

2. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?
(a) He buys her a gun.
(b) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.
(c) He buys them a house in the country.
(d) He adds padlocks to their doors.

3. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Migrant miners.
(c) Burglars.
(d) Farmers.

4. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?
(a) Elegant.
(b) Itinerant.
(c) Patient.
(d) Attentive.

5. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) People of a higher caste.
(b) Artistic people.
(c) People of another color.
(d) Religious people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?

2. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

3. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

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

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

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