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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 23 - 26 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?
(a) Itinerant.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Attentive.
(d) Patient.

5. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Flute.
(d) Saxophone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?

2. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

3. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

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

5. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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