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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 lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) An old woman and her adult son.
(b) A father and his son.
(c) A single mother and her child.
(d) A man, and a woman and their son.

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

3. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Trustworthy.
(c) Loquacious.
(d) Itinerant.

4. 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 Neighborhood Watch.
(b) A local gift-shop.
(c) The man's mother.
(d) The woman's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

4. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

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

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