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

2. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Burglars.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Migrant miners.
(d) Farmers.

3. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A haiku.
(c) A thriller.
(d) A screenplay.

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

5. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?
(a) The laborer wanted the old man's antique clocks.
(b) The laborer was dismissed without pay.
(c) The widower would not give the laborer a raise.
(d) The old man was a callous employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

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

3. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

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

5. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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