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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 are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) In eternal despair.
(b) Happily ever after.
(c) Like peas in a pod.
(d) Carefree and fancy free.

2. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The man's mother.
(b) The child's teacher.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) Neighbors.

3. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In the city.
(b) In another country.
(c) In her mind.
(d) In a far away land.

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

5. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A poem.
(c) A screenplay.
(d) A thriller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

2. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?

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

4. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

5. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?

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