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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The man and the woman.
(b) The wise old witch.
(c) The housemaid and gardener.
(d) The cat.

2. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) In eternal despair.
(b) Carefree and fancy free.
(c) Like peas in a pod.
(d) Happily ever after.

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

4. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?
(a) They could not tell whose house it was coming from.
(b) Kids would set them off for fun.
(c) They were often on vacation.
(d) Pets were setting them off.

5. 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 suffocated.
(d) They would get entangled in its fangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

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

3. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?

4. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?

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

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