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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
(a) She worried her son would climb over their current wall.
(b) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.
(c) Her husband suggested that someone might still be able to climb in.
(d) She wanted it to block out the sun.

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

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

7. 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) Wolf Fangs.
(b) Dragon's Teeth.
(c) Snake Bite.
(d) Bear Claws.

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

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

10. What does the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?
(a) Garden stones.
(b) The cat.
(c) His tricycle.
(d) A ladder.

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

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

13. What does the mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?
(a) Watch a movie with him.
(b) Give him sleeping medication.
(c) Sing him a lullaby.
(d) Read him a fairy tale.

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

15. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?
(a) Bounced and pounced.
(b) Zipped and zapped.
(c) Splished and splashed.
(d) Flashed and slashed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

5. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?

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