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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
(a) She worried her son would climb over their current wall.
(b) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.
(c) Her husband suggested that someone might still be able to climb in.
(d) She wanted it to block out the sun.

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

3. 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) Helping them.
(c) Encouraging them.
(d) Wasting their money.

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

5. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Grace Newsom.
(c) Nadia Golen.
(d) Nancy Greer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?

2. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

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

4. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

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

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