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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The housemaid and gardener.
(c) The cat.
(d) The man and the woman.

2. What does the narrator stare at in her bed as she listens to the sounds in her house?
(a) Her reflection in the mirror.
(b) The floor.
(c) Her gun.
(d) The door.

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

4. What does someone tell the narrator she should write for an upcoming anthology?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A poem.
(d) A thriller.

5. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.
(b) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.
(c) A neighbor's car get stolen.
(d) Someone sneaking around their garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?

2. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?

3. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

4. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?

5. What is the man's mother called in the narrator's tale?

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