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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) An old woman and her adult son.
(b) A man, and a woman and their son.
(c) A father and his son.
(d) A single mother and her child.

2. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A poem.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A children's story.
(d) A thriller.

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

4. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Homes.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Boats.
(d) Brooks.

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(b) A bird and a hamster.
(c) A monkey and a lemur.
(d) A cat and a dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

3. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

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

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

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