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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 has electronically-controlled gates installed.
(c) He buys her a gun.
(d) He adds padlocks to their doors.

3. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) Like peas in a pod.
(b) In eternal despair.
(c) Carefree and fancy free.
(d) Happily ever after.

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) Hide and seek.
(c) Tag.
(d) Telephone.

5. 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 cat and a dog.
(d) A monkey and a lemur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?

2. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?

3. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

4. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?

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

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