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

2. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) Machinery.
(b) One's senses.
(c) Her piano.
(d) The universe.

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

4. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?
(a) As teachers and secretaries.
(b) As nannies and drivers.
(c) As housemaids and gardeners.
(d) As doctors and lawyers.

5. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?
(a) She reads a book.
(b) She writes a letter.
(c) She eats a sandwich.
(d) She tells herself a story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

2. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

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

4. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

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

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