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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 sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?
(a) The neighbor's shouts.
(b) The alarm.
(c) The dog's bark.
(d) The cat's wail.

2. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Xylophone.
(d) Flute.

3. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
(a) The woman's father.
(b) The neighborhood association.
(c) They took out a loan.
(d) The man's mother.

4. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?
(a) Having a child.
(b) Living in the suburbs.
(c) Getting a pool.
(d) Taken anyone in off the street.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?

3. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?

4. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?

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

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