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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
(a) They had friends in the suburbs.
(b) They were looking for work.
(c) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.
(d) Their kids were bussed there for school.

2. 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.

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

4. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?
(a) Cops and robbers.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) Tag.

5. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The man and the woman.
(b) The housemaid and the gardener.
(c) The cat.
(d) The wise old witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?

2. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?

3. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

4. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

5. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?

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