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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Schoolchildren.
(b) Other police officers.
(c) Rioters.
(d) Burglars.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

2. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

3. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?

4. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?

5. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?

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