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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 is the gardener doing as he walks back to the house at the end of the story?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Crawling.

2. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Bring them clothes.
(b) Give them money.
(c) Bring them bread and tea.
(d) Shoo them away.

3. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?
(a) Read.
(b) Had parties.
(c) Napped.
(d) Ate and drank.

4. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?
(a) Avoid danger.
(b) Look before they leap.
(c) Have extra lives.
(d) Land on all fours.

5. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
(a) Helping them.
(b) Embarrassing him.
(c) Encouraging them.
(d) Wasting their money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

2. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?

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

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

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

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