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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 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.

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?
(a) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(b) The buses will not take them to the city.
(c) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(d) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.

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

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

5. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) People of another color.
(b) Religious people.
(c) People of a higher caste.
(d) Artistic people.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

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

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