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

2. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Rioters.
(b) Burglars.
(c) Other police officers.
(d) Schoolchildren.

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

4. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Migrant miners.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Burglars.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

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

4. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

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

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