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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) The man's mother.
(b) The Neighborhood Watch.
(c) A local gift-shop.
(d) The woman's father.

2. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?
(a) She reads a book.
(b) She tells herself a story.
(c) She writes a letter.
(d) She eats a sandwich.

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

4. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) Undermined ground.
(c) Burial grounds.
(d) Stilts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

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

5. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

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