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

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. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Migrant miners.
(d) Burglars.

4. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?
(a) The phone ringing.
(b) A creaking sound in her house.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A rainstorm.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?

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

4. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?

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

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