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

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

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

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 dog's bark.
(d) The alarm.

5. 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) Neighbors in fancy outfits.
(b) Nice cars.
(c) Roses and nice lawns.
(d) Elaborate pools.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?

4. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

5. How is the housemaid described at the end of the story as she walks back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?

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

3. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.

4. 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?

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

6. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?

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 does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?

9. 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?

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

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