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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) The child's teacher.
(d) The woman's sister.

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

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

4. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?
(a) Burglaries in the suburbs increase.
(b) People in the suburbs move to the city.
(c) People in the city move to the suburbs.
(d) People in the suburbs become less fearful.

5. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?
(a) The phone ringing.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A rainstorm.
(d) A creaking sound in her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?

2. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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

4. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

5. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

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