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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, p. 15-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents the narrator from going shopping in Part One?
(a) Pain.
(b) Her farorite soap opera has a marathon.
(c) The rain.
(d) Her can does not run.

2. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?
(a) Cleaning the back yard.
(b) Repairing the second floor lights.
(c) Cleaning the gutters.
(d) Fixing a drainage problem.

3. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?
(a) Mid 1980's.
(b) Mid 1990's.
(c) Mid 1960's.
(d) Mid 1970's.

4. What does the narrator spend the day doing according to page 15?
(a) Spends the day gardening.
(b) Spends the day writing.
(c) Spends the day in bed reading.
(d) Spends the day cleaning the house.

5. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Four years before the events of the book.
(b) Three years before the events of the book.
(c) Five years before the events of the book.
(d) Twelve years before the events of the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?

2. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?

3. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?

4. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?

5. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?

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