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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 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 locks on her doors.
(c) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(d) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.

2. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?
(a) The garden.
(b) The boy's bed.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The man and woman's bed.

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

4. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?
(a) A firetruck and a football.
(b) A toy gun and a baseball bat.
(c) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.
(d) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.

5. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?
(a) Setting booby traps.
(b) Getting stickers with security company's names on them.
(c) Broken glass embedded in cement on the tops of walls.
(d) Getting guard dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?

2. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?

3. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

4. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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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