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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the housemaid described at the end of the story as she walks back to the house?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Speechless.

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

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.
(b) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(c) Kidnapped her.
(d) Stabbed her.

4. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
(a) Nadia Golen.
(b) Nancy Greer.
(c) Grace Newsom.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

5. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
(a) Her husband suggested that someone might still be able to climb in.
(b) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.
(c) She wanted it to block out the sun.
(d) She worried her son would climb over their current wall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

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

4. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?

5. What is the narrator's house built atop?

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