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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Burglars.
(d) Migrant miners.

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

3. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) A condo by the ocean.
(b) An apartment in the city.
(c) A house in the country.
(d) A house in the suburbs.

4. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The fairy godmother.
(b) The wise old witch.
(c) The wicked witch.
(d) The good witch.

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

6. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) Stilts.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) Burial grounds.
(d) Undermined ground.

7. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A poem.
(c) A thriller.
(d) A screenplay.

8. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(b) It said "All Are Welcome."
(c) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(d) It contained a peace sign.

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

10. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?
(a) Attentive.
(b) Itinerant.
(c) Patient.
(d) Elegant.

11. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her gun.
(b) Her reflection in the mirror.
(c) The floor.
(d) The door.

12. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) Like peas in a pod.
(b) Happily ever after.
(c) In eternal despair.
(d) Carefree and fancy free.

13. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) One's senses.
(b) Her piano.
(c) The universe.
(d) Machinery.

14. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The child's teacher.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) The man's mother.

15. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?
(a) As nannies and drivers.
(b) As housemaids and gardeners.
(c) As teachers and secretaries.
(d) As doctors and lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?

3. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

4. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?

5. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

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