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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) A condo by the ocean.
(b) A house in the country.
(c) An apartment in the city.
(d) A house in the suburbs.

2. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?
(a) People in the city move to the suburbs.
(b) Burglaries in the suburbs increase.
(c) People in the suburbs become less fearful.
(d) People in the suburbs move to the city.

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?

3. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?

4. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?

5. What reason does the narrator give for the casual laborer murdering an old widower?

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