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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 is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?
(a) Riot damage.
(b) Theft.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Fire.

2. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
(a) His pogo stick.
(b) His walkie talkie.
(c) His toy soldiers.
(d) His tricycle.

3. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) A single mother and her child.
(b) A man, and a woman and their son.
(c) An old woman and her adult son.
(d) A father and his son.

4. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?
(a) The woman's father.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) A local gift-shop.
(d) The Neighborhood Watch.

5. What "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Homes.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Boats.
(d) Brooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the housemaid in the narrator's tale?

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

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

4. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?

5. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?

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