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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?
(a) A rainstorm.
(b) A creaking sound in her house.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The phone ringing.

2. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) A monkey and a lemur.
(b) A bird and a hamster.
(c) A cat and a dog.
(d) Goldfish and a parakeet.

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

4. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?
(a) Wolf Fangs.
(b) Dragon's Teeth.
(c) Bear Claws.
(d) Snake Bite.

5. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her reflection in the mirror.
(b) The floor.
(c) Her gun.
(d) The door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?

2. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?

3. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?

4. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

5. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?

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