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

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

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

4. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?
(a) A toy gun and a baseball bat.
(b) A firetruck and a football.
(c) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.
(d) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.

5. Where were the riots said to be in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) In another country.
(b) In a far away land.
(c) In her mind.
(d) In the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?

3. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?

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

5. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?

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