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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

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

2. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
(a) Blackbirds and crickets.
(b) Frogs and cicadas.
(c) Bees and grasshoppers.
(d) Mosquitoes and bluejays.

3. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?
(a) Bear Claws.
(b) Dragon's Teeth.
(c) Wolf Fangs.
(d) Snake Bite.

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

5. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?
(a) Flashed and slashed.
(b) Bounced and pounced.
(c) Zipped and zapped.
(d) Splished and splashed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

2. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?

3. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?

4. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

5. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

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