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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 adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Loquacious.
(c) Trustworthy.
(d) Itinerant.

2. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
(a) Nadia Golen.
(b) Grace Newsom.
(c) Nancy Greer.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Stabbed her.
(b) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.
(c) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(d) Kidnapped her.

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

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Get a gun.
(b) Give her a raise.
(c) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(d) Move to the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

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

4. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?

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

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