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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 happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?
(a) The alarm goes off.
(b) The cat's body is entangled.
(c) The boy's body is entangled.
(d) The dog's body is entangled.

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

3. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?
(a) The old man was a callous employer.
(b) The widower would not give the laborer a raise.
(c) The laborer was dismissed without pay.
(d) The laborer wanted the old man's antique clocks.

4. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The cat.
(c) The man and the woman.
(d) The housemaid and the gardener.

5. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Fierce dogs.
(b) Security guards.
(c) Guns.
(d) An electronic alarm system.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

4. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?

5. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?

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