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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Guns.
(b) Security guards.
(c) An electronic alarm system.
(d) Fierce dogs.

3. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Schoolchildren.
(b) Other police officers.
(c) Burglars.
(d) Rioters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

4. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

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

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