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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 man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(b) The buses will not take them to the city.
(c) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(d) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.

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

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

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

5. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?
(a) People in the suburbs move to the city.
(b) People in the suburbs become less fearful.
(c) People in the city move to the suburbs.
(d) Burglaries in the suburbs increase.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?

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

4. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

5. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

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