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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 is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?
(a) The alarm would go off.
(b) They would get electrocuted.
(c) They would get entangled in its fangs.
(d) They would get suffocated.

2. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
(a) His pogo stick.
(b) His walkie talkie.
(c) His tricycle.
(d) His toy soldiers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

2. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?

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

4. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?

5. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

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