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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the housemaid described at the end of the story as she walks back to the house?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Speechless.

2. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?
(a) Dragon's Teeth.
(b) Bear Claws.
(c) Snake Bite.
(d) Wolf Fangs.

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

4. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
(a) A thicket of thorns.
(b) A secret fortress.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A ladder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What precautions does the narrator say she does not take in her home, despite having the same fears of those that do?

2. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?

3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

4. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?

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

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