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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 are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?
(a) Taken anyone in off the street.
(b) Having a child.
(c) Living in the suburbs.
(d) Getting a pool.

2. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?
(a) Books and DVDs.
(b) Computers and cell phones.
(c) Pots and pans and coffee makers.
(d) Cassette players, radios and jewelry.

3. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) Someone sneaking around their garden.
(b) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.
(c) A neighbor's car get stolen.
(d) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.

4. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The man's mother.
(b) The child's teacher.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) Neighbors.

5. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?
(a) Iron grilles with lance-points.
(b) Serrated metal coils.
(c) 12-inch pikes.
(d) Glass embedded in cement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

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

4. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?

5. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?

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