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

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

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

3. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

4. What is the narrator's house built atop?

5. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

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