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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 does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A thriller.
(b) A children's story.
(c) A poem.
(d) A screenplay.

2. 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) Wolf Fangs.
(c) Dragon's Teeth.
(d) Bear Claws.

3. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?
(a) 12-inch pikes.
(b) Iron grilles with lance-points.
(c) Glass embedded in cement.
(d) Serrated metal coils.

4. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) In eternal despair.
(b) Carefree and fancy free.
(c) Happily ever after.
(d) Like peas in a pod.

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 pogo stick.
(c) His walkie talkie.
(d) His tricycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?

2. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?

3. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?

4. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?

5. What does the narrator realize is the reason for the creaking sound in her house?

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