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

2. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
(a) The car was stolen.
(b) The television was smashed.
(c) The bedrooms were ransacked.
(d) The bar was raided.

3. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?
(a) So the boy and is friends would not drown.
(b) So intruders would not swim in it.
(c) So the neighbors would not see it.
(d) So the cat and dog would not get in.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?

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

3. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?

4. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?

5. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?

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