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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Other police officers.
(b) Rioters.
(c) Burglars.
(d) Schoolchildren.

4. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?
(a) Cops and robbers.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Tag.
(d) Hide and seek.

5. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A thriller.
(c) A haiku.
(d) A screenplay.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?

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

5. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

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