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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 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 suburbs become less fearful.
(d) People in the city move to the suburbs.

2. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?
(a) The widower would not give the laborer a raise.
(b) The laborer was dismissed without pay.
(c) The old man was a callous employer.
(d) The laborer wanted the old man's antique clocks.

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

4. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Tombs.
(b) Boats.
(c) Homes.
(d) Brooks.

5. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?
(a) Riot damage.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Theft.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

2. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?

3. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

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

5. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?

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