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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 is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The man and the woman.
(b) The housemaid and the gardener.
(c) The wise old witch.
(d) The cat.

2. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Nice cars.
(b) Elaborate pools.
(c) Roses and nice lawns.
(d) Neighbors in fancy outfits.

3. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?
(a) So the cat and dog would not get in.
(b) So intruders would not swim in it.
(c) So the neighbors would not see it.
(d) So the boy and is friends would not drown.

4. 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.

5. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) A neighbor's car get stolen.
(b) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.
(c) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.
(d) Someone sneaking around their garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?

2. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?

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

4. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?

5. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

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