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

2. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The child's teacher.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) The man's mother.

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

4. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?
(a) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.
(b) He buys them a house in the country.
(c) He buys her a gun.
(d) He adds padlocks to their doors.

5. 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 people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(d) The buses will not take them to the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?

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

3. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?

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

5. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

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