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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Cops and robbers.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Tag.

3. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?
(a) The phone ringing.
(b) A creaking sound in her house.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A rainstorm.

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

5. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In a far away land.
(b) In the city.
(c) In another country.
(d) In her mind.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?

4. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?

5. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?

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