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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 35-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think of doing with her cats after her death?
(a) Give them to her sister.
(b) Give them to a hospital.
(c) Give them to the homeless man.
(d) Have them put down.

2. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) A homeless woman.

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

4. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?
(a) Because she does not have cash.
(b) Because he does not deserve it.
(c) Because it fosters laziness.
(d) Because it is a bad precedent.

5. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?
(a) It is vacation time.
(b) The bus broke down.
(c) It is after 5 p.m.
(d) The school is closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do after speaking with the police?

2. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?

3. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

4. What does the narrator write about?

5. What is the name of the homeless man?

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