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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
(a) His toy soldiers.
(b) His tricycle.
(c) His pogo stick.
(d) His walkie talkie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?

2. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?

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

4. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

5. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

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