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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 did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Guns.
(b) Security guards.
(c) An electronic alarm system.
(d) Fierce dogs.

2. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?
(a) Theft.
(b) Fire.
(c) Riot damage.
(d) Flooding.

3. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?
(a) As housemaids and gardeners.
(b) As doctors and lawyers.
(c) As nannies and drivers.
(d) As teachers and secretaries.

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

5. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Homes.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Tombs.
(d) Boats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

3. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

4. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?

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

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