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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 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 another country.
(d) In her mind.

2. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?
(a) A local gift-shop.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) The Neighborhood Watch.
(d) The woman's father.

3. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?
(a) Burglaries in the suburbs increase.
(b) People in the suburbs move to the city.
(c) People in the city move to the suburbs.
(d) People in the suburbs become less fearful.

4. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?
(a) She writes a letter.
(b) She reads a book.
(c) She eats a sandwich.
(d) She tells herself a story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?

2. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

3. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?

4. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?

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