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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(b) It contained a peace sign.
(c) It said "All Are Welcome."
(d) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.

2. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The good witch.
(b) The wicked witch.
(c) The fairy godmother.
(d) The wise old witch.

3. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?
(a) The phone ringing.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A creaking sound in her house.
(d) A rainstorm.

4. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?
(a) They could not tell whose house it was coming from.
(b) They were often on vacation.
(c) Kids would set them off for fun.
(d) Pets were setting them off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?

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

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

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

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

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