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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?
(a) It said "All Are Welcome."
(b) The man was masked so you could not tell if he was Black or white.
(c) It depicted a Black hand holding a white hand.
(d) It contained a peace sign.

3. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?
(a) Shrills, beats, and wails.
(b) Bangs and booms.
(c) Beeps, honks, and toots.
(d) Jingle jangles.

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

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 monkey and a lemur.
(d) A bird and a hamster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

3. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?

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

5. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?

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