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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) Itinerant.
(b) Attentive.
(c) Patient.
(d) Elegant.

2. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(b) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(c) She does not have locks on her doors.
(d) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.

3. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?
(a) Loquacious.
(b) Trustworthy.
(c) Itinerant.
(d) Eccentric.

4. 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) The door.
(d) Her gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

4. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

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

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