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

2. 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) Pets were setting them off.
(d) They could not tell whose house it was coming from.

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

4. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
(a) Nancy Greer.
(b) Nadia Golen.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Grace Newsom.

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Give her a raise.
(b) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(c) Get a gun.
(d) Move to the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

2. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

3. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

4. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?

5. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?

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