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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 narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) The universe.
(b) Her piano.
(c) Machinery.
(d) One's senses.

2. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?
(a) Tear off the plaque and stream in.
(b) Throw bombs and destroy all they have.
(c) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.
(d) Kidnap their maid and gardener.

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

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

5. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(b) It said "All Are Welcome."
(c) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(d) It contained a peace sign.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

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

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

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

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