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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 did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.
(b) Stabbed her.
(c) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(d) Kidnapped her.

2. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) The universe.
(b) Her piano.
(c) One's senses.
(d) Machinery.

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

4. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Flute.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Xylophone.

5. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her child.
(c) An intruder.
(d) Her housing shifting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

3. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

4. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

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