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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?
(a) The boy's bed.
(b) The man and woman's bed.
(c) The garden.
(d) The kitchen.

2. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The fairy godmother.
(c) The wicked witch.
(d) The good witch.

3. 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) Land on all fours.
(d) Have extra lives.

4. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?
(a) Getting stickers with security company's names on them.
(b) Getting guard dogs.
(c) Setting booby traps.
(d) Broken glass embedded in cement on the tops of walls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?

4. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?

5. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?

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