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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) They usually saved it for a special occasion.
(b) They did not make that kind anymore.
(c) It was too expensive to replace.
(d) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.

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

4. 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 has no burglar bars or gun under her pillow.
(c) She does not have a phone nearby or a bat under her bed.
(d) She does not have guard dogs or security alarms.

5. 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) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.
(b) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) The buses will not take them to the city.
(d) The people of the city will not know how to get there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?

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

3. According to the narrator's tale, who were being shot by the police in the city?

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

5. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?

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