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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 type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) People of another color.
(b) People of a higher caste.
(c) Religious people.
(d) Artistic people.

2. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?
(a) The dog's body is entangled.
(b) The boy's body is entangled.
(c) The alarm goes off.
(d) The cat's body is entangled.

3. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?
(a) She does not have locks on her doors.
(b) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.
(c) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(d) She has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.

4. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) The buses will not take them to the city.
(b) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(d) The people of the city will not know how to get there.

5. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?
(a) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.
(b) A firetruck and a football.
(c) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.
(d) A toy gun and a baseball bat.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?

2. Why did the neighborhood alarms often go unanswered after many had them installed?

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

4. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?

5. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

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