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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?
(a) The boy's bed.
(b) The man and woman's bed.
(c) The garden.
(d) The kitchen.

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

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Stabbed her.
(b) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.
(c) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(d) Kidnapped her.

4. 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 her a gun.
(b) He buys them a house in the country.
(c) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.
(d) He adds padlocks to their doors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

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

3. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

4. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?

5. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?

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