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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 "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A haiku.
(d) A thriller.

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

3. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Kidnapped her.
(b) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(c) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.
(d) Stabbed her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?

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