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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 do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?
(a) They bend them.
(b) They squeeze through them.
(c) They saw through them.
(d) They melt them.

2. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) It was too expensive to replace.
(b) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(c) They usually saved it for a special occasion.
(d) They did not make that kind anymore.

3. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The housemaid and the gardener.
(b) The wise old witch.
(c) The cat.
(d) The man and the woman.

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

5. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Bring them bread and tea.
(b) Give them money.
(c) Bring them clothes.
(d) Shoo them away.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does the mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?

3. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?

4. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

5. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

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