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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 precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(d) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.

2. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?
(a) Pets were setting them off.
(b) They could not tell whose house it was coming from.
(c) They were often on vacation.
(d) Kids would set them off for fun.

3. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Xylophone.
(b) Flute.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

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

5. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In the city.
(b) In a far away land.
(c) In another country.
(d) In her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

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?

3. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?

4. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

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

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