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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?
(a) So the neighbors would not see it.
(b) So the cat and dog would not get in.
(c) So intruders would not swim in it.
(d) So the boy and is friends would not drown.

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

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

5. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?
(a) Riot damage.
(b) Theft.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

3. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?

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

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?

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