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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
(a) Blackbirds and crickets.
(b) Mosquitoes and bluejays.
(c) Frogs and cicadas.
(d) Bees and grasshoppers.

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

3. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
(a) The neighborhood association.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) They took out a loan.
(d) The woman's father.

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

5. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?
(a) A robber.
(b) A Prince.
(c) A cop.
(d) A Dragon.

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

7. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Roses and nice lawns.
(b) Nice cars.
(c) Elaborate pools.
(d) Neighbors in fancy outfits.

8. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) It was too expensive to replace.
(b) They did not make that kind anymore.
(c) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(d) They usually saved it for a special occasion.

9. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?
(a) Sharp as a knife.
(b) Fierce and cutting.
(c) Razor-bladed.
(d) Serrated and stinging.

10. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?
(a) The rain to seep through.
(b) The cat to sleep in.
(c) An intruder to squeeze through.
(d) The boy to creep in.

11. How is the housemaid described at the end of the story as she walks back to the house?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Speechless.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Hysterical.

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

13. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?
(a) They were thieves.
(b) They were loafers.
(c) They were good people.
(d) They were desperate.

14. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
(a) Sleeping Beauty.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) The Little Mermaid.
(d) Snow White.

15. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
(a) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.
(b) They had friends in the suburbs.
(c) Their kids were bussed there for school.
(d) They were looking for work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?

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

3. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?

4. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?

5. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?

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