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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
(a) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.
(b) She wanted it to block out the sun.
(c) Her husband suggested that someone might still be able to climb in.
(d) She worried her son would climb over their current wall.

2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A secret fortress.
(c) A thicket of thorns.
(d) A xylophone.

3. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(b) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(c) The buses will not take them to the city.
(d) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.

4. After the incident with a neighbor's housemaid, what did the man and woman's housemaid beg them to do?
(a) Install burglar bars and an alarm system.
(b) Give her a raise.
(c) Get a gun.
(d) Move to the country.

5. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?
(a) He buys them a house in the country.
(b) He adds padlocks to their doors.
(c) He buys her a gun.
(d) He has electronically-controlled gates installed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?

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

3. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?

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

5. Who is the author of "Once Upon a Time"?

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