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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 happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?
(a) The dog's body is entangled.
(b) The boy's body is entangled.
(c) The alarm goes off.
(d) The cat's body is entangled.

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?
(a) Fierce dogs.
(b) Security guards.
(c) Guns.
(d) An electronic alarm system.

3. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?
(a) 12-inch pikes.
(b) Serrated metal coils.
(c) Iron grilles with lance-points.
(d) Glass embedded in cement.

4. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
(a) The bar was raided.
(b) The car was stolen.
(c) The bedrooms were ransacked.
(d) The television was smashed.

5. Where does the story the narrator tells herself take place?
(a) A house in the country.
(b) A condo by the ocean.
(c) A house in the suburbs.
(d) An apartment in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?

2. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?

3. How was the plaque meant to indicate that the property owner was not racist?

4. What did thieves do to "somebody's trusted housemaid" (26) after the city riots were suppressed?

5. What is the narrator's house built atop?

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