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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 do when she is unable to go back to sleep?
(a) She eats a sandwich.
(b) She tells herself a story.
(c) She reads a book.
(d) She writes a letter.

2. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(b) A cat and a dog.
(c) A bird and a hamster.
(d) A monkey and a lemur.

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

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

5. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?
(a) Rioters.
(b) Burglars.
(c) Schoolchildren.
(d) Other police officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

2. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

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

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

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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