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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?
(a) She tells herself a story.
(b) She eats a sandwich.
(c) She writes a letter.
(d) She reads a book.

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

3. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) A man, and a woman and their son.
(b) A single mother and her child.
(c) A father and his son.
(d) An old woman and her adult son.

4. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) Artistic people.
(b) Religious people.
(c) People of a higher caste.
(d) People of another color.

5. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Roses and nice lawns.
(b) Neighbors in fancy outfits.
(c) Elaborate pools.
(d) Nice cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?

2. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

3. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?

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

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

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