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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Snake Bite.
(c) Dragon's Teeth.
(d) Bear Claws.

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

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

4. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?
(a) The neighbor's shouts.
(b) The cat's wail.
(c) The alarm.
(d) The dog's bark.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?

2. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?

3. Why were homeowners particularly crushed when intruders drank their single malt scotch?

4. After the man and woman decided they should build a higher wall, what did the man's mother get them for Christmas? What did she get for their son?

5. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?

6. What did the wife do for the people who hung around looking for work outside their home? What did the housemaid think of them?

7. Rather than noting lovely roses and gardens, what did the man and woman begin to admire during their neighborhood walks with their son and dog?

8. What did the son pretend to be the day after his mother read him a fairy tale from the book the Wise Old Witch gave him?

9. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?

10. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?

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