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

2. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her gun.
(b) The door.
(c) Her reflection in the mirror.
(d) The floor.

3. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?
(a) A local gift-shop.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) The man's mother.
(d) The Neighborhood Watch.

4. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) A house in the country.
(b) An apartment in the city.
(c) A condo by the ocean.
(d) A house in the suburbs.

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 a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(b) She does not have locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(d) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?

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

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

5. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?

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