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

2. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?
(a) Living in the suburbs.
(b) Having a child.
(c) Taken anyone in off the street.
(d) Getting a pool.

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

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

5. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(d) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?

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

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

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