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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?
(a) The cat to sleep in.
(b) The boy to creep in.
(c) The rain to seep through.
(d) An intruder to squeeze through.

2. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her reflection in the mirror.
(b) Her gun.
(c) The door.
(d) The floor.

3. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?
(a) A Dragon.
(b) A Prince.
(c) A robber.
(d) A cop.

4. What game did the little boy like to play after they installed a speaker at the gates of their home?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Cops and robbers.
(c) Tag.
(d) Telephone.

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) A cat and a dog.
(b) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(c) A bird and a hamster.
(d) A monkey and a lemur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

3. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?

4. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?

5. What did "a certain novelist" say every writer "ought to write at least once" (23)?

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