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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 did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Bring them bread and tea.
(b) Shoo them away.
(c) Bring them clothes.
(d) Give them money.

2. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Roses and nice lawns.
(b) Elaborate pools.
(c) Nice cars.
(d) Neighbors in fancy outfits.

3. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The wicked witch.
(b) The good witch.
(c) The fairy godmother.
(d) The wise old witch.

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

5. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?
(a) Kidnapped her.
(b) Stabbed her.
(c) Tied her up and shut her in a cupboard.
(d) Made her tell them where all the family jewelry was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

2. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?

3. What woke the narrator in the night at the start of the story?

4. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

5. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?

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