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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The man and the woman.
(b) The wise old witch.
(c) The cat.
(d) The housemaid and gardener.

2. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.
(b) A neighbor's car get stolen.
(c) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.
(d) Someone sneaking around their garden.

3. 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 buses will not take them to the city.
(b) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(c) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(d) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.

4. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?
(a) The Neighborhood Watch.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) A local gift-shop.
(d) The man's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the gardener in the narrator's tale?

2. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

3. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

4. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

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

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