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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 is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The fairy godmother.
(b) The wicked witch.
(c) The good witch.
(d) The wise old witch.

2. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The child's teacher.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) The woman's sister.

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

4. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(d) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

3. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

4. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

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

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