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

2. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(b) Get a gun.
(c) Give her a raise.
(d) Move to the country.

3. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Guns.
(b) Fierce dogs.
(c) An electronic alarm system.
(d) Security guards.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?

2. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

3. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

4. What is the narrator's house built atop?

5. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?

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