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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) They would get suffocated.
(b) The alarm would go off.
(c) They would get electrocuted.
(d) They would get entangled in its fangs.

2. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?
(a) Snake Bite.
(b) Dragon's Teeth.
(c) Bear Claws.
(d) Wolf Fangs.

3. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
(a) Helping them.
(b) Encouraging them.
(c) Embarrassing him.
(d) Wasting their money.

4. 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 firetruck and a football.
(d) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.

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

6. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?
(a) Ate and drank.
(b) Read.
(c) Had parties.
(d) Napped.

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

8. What is the gardener doing as he walks back to the house at the end of the story?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Crawling.

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

10. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
(a) The television was smashed.
(b) The bedrooms were ransacked.
(c) The bar was raided.
(d) The car was stolen.

11. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?
(a) They squeeze through them.
(b) They saw through them.
(c) They melt them.
(d) They bend them.

12. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The boy.
(c) The woman.
(d) The man.

13. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The housemaid and the gardener.
(c) The man and the woman.
(d) The cat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?

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

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

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

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

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