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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?
(a) The cat's body is entangled.
(b) The boy's body is entangled.
(c) The dog's body is entangled.
(d) The alarm goes off.

4. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?
(a) Beeps, honks, and toots.
(b) Shrills, beats, and wails.
(c) Jingle jangles.
(d) Bangs and booms.

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 Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.
(c) A toy gun and a baseball bat.
(d) A firetruck and a football.

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

7. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?
(a) The local police number.
(b) The company who installed them.
(c) The local homeless shelter.
(d) Who to call in case of emergency.

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

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

10. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Shoo them away.
(b) Bring them bread and tea.
(c) Bring them clothes.
(d) Give them money.

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

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

13. 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 entangled in its fangs.
(c) They would get suffocated.
(d) They would get electrocuted.

14. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?
(a) Avoid danger.
(b) Land on all fours.
(c) Look before they leap.
(d) Have extra lives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?

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

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

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

5. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?

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