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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?
(a) He buys them a house in the country.
(b) He buys her a gun.
(c) He adds padlocks to their doors.
(d) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.

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

4. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) A cat and a dog.
(b) A bird and a hamster.
(c) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(d) A monkey and a lemur.

5. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) Undermined ground.
(b) Burial grounds.
(c) Stilts.
(d) A garbage dump.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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

4. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

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

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