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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 the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?
(a) A ladder.
(b) His tricycle.
(c) The cat.
(d) Garden stones.

2. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?
(a) A cop.
(b) A robber.
(c) A Dragon.
(d) A Prince.

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

4. 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) A toy gun and a baseball bat.
(d) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) A monkey and a lemur.
(b) A cat and a dog.
(c) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(d) A bird and a hamster.

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

3. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?

4. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?

5. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?

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