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

2. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) Undermined ground.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) Burial grounds.
(d) Stilts.

3. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?
(a) An intruder.
(b) Her housing shifting.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her cat.

4. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In her mind.
(b) In the city.
(c) In another country.
(d) In a far away land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

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

3. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

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

5. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?

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