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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 does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) The door.
(b) Her reflection in the mirror.
(c) Her gun.
(d) The floor.

2. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In another country.
(b) In the city.
(c) In a far away land.
(d) In her mind.

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

4. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?
(a) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.
(b) Kidnap their maid and gardener.
(c) Tear off the plaque and stream in.
(d) Throw bombs and destroy all they have.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?

2. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

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

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

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

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