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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 game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Tag.
(c) Cops and robbers.
(d) Hide and seek.

2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
(a) A xylophone.
(b) A secret fortress.
(c) A thicket of thorns.
(d) A ladder.

3. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) The woman's sister.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) The child's teacher.
(d) The man's mother.

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

5. 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) A ladder.
(c) The cat.
(d) His tricycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?

2. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?

3. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?

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

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

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