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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 does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?
(a) The universe.
(b) One's senses.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Her piano.

2. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her gun.
(b) Her reflection in the mirror.
(c) The floor.
(d) The door.

3. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(b) It said "All Are Welcome."
(c) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(d) It contained a peace sign.

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

5. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?
(a) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.
(b) Tear off the plaque and stream in.
(c) Throw bombs and destroy all they have.
(d) Kidnap their maid and gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

2. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

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

4. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?

5. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?

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