View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?
(a) So the boy and is friends would not drown.
(b) So intruders would not swim in it.
(c) So the cat and dog would not get in.
(d) So the neighbors would not see it.

2. 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.

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

4. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?
(a) Migrant miners.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Burglars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

2. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

3. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?

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

5. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 290 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample