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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 reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?
(a) The laborer was dismissed without pay.
(b) The laborer wanted the old man's antique clocks.
(c) The widower would not give the laborer a raise.
(d) The old man was a callous employer.

2. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Migrant miners.
(d) Burglars.

3. 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) It contained a peace sign.
(d) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.

4. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.
(b) Someone sneaking around their garden.
(c) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.
(d) A neighbor's car get stolen.

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Give her a raise.
(b) Move to the country.
(c) Get a gun.
(d) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?

2. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?

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

4. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

5. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

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