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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Get a gun.
(b) Move to the country.
(c) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(d) Give her a raise.

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

3. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(b) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(c) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(d) She does not have locks on her doors.

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

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

6. What is the narrator's house built atop?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) Burial grounds.
(c) Stilts.
(d) Undermined ground.

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

8. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A thriller.
(d) A poem.

9. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) Carefree and fancy free.
(b) In eternal despair.
(c) Like peas in a pod.
(d) Happily ever after.

10. 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 contained a peace sign.
(c) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(d) It said "All Are Welcome."

11. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Grace Newsom.
(c) Nancy Greer.
(d) Nadia Golen.

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

13. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) An old woman and her adult son.
(b) A man, and a woman and their son.
(c) A single mother and her child.
(d) A father and his son.

14. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?
(a) Her housing shifting.
(b) An intruder.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her cat.

15. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) A condo by the ocean.
(b) A house in the country.
(c) An apartment in the city.
(d) A house in the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

4. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?

5. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

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