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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 is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The good witch.
(b) The wicked witch.
(c) The wise old witch.
(d) The fairy godmother.

2. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) Happily ever after.
(b) Carefree and fancy free.
(c) Like peas in a pod.
(d) In eternal despair.

3. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?
(a) They were often on vacation.
(b) They could not tell whose house it was coming from.
(c) Kids would set them off for fun.
(d) Pets were setting them off.

4. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) Stilts.
(c) Undermined ground.
(d) Burial grounds.

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?
(a) He buys her a gun.
(b) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.
(c) He buys them a house in the country.
(d) He adds padlocks to their doors.

Short Answer 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?

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 adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

4. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?

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

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