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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 23 - 26 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Flute.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

2. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?

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

4. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?

5. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

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