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

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

3. 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) Hide and seek.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Tag.

4. 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.

5. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?
(a) A local gift-shop.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) The man's mother.
(d) The Neighborhood Watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?

2. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

3. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?

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

5. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

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