View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) They usually saved it for a special occasion.
(b) It was too expensive to replace.
(c) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(d) They did not make that kind anymore.

2. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) Artistic people.
(b) People of another color.
(c) People of a higher caste.
(d) Religious people.

3. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?
(a) Napped.
(b) Ate and drank.
(c) Read.
(d) Had parties.

4. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Give them money.
(b) Bring them clothes.
(c) Bring them bread and tea.
(d) Shoo them away.

5. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(b) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) The buses will not take them to the city.
(d) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

2. What does the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?

3. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

4. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

5. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 370 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample