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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 did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?
(a) They were good people.
(b) They were thieves.
(c) They were loafers.
(d) They were desperate.

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

3. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?
(a) An old woman and her adult son.
(b) A man, and a woman and their son.
(c) A father and his son.
(d) A single mother and her child.

4. Why did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?
(a) They had no resumes.
(b) They did not need any extra help.
(c) They could not afford to pay anyone else.
(d) They had been warned by his mother not to take anyone in off the street.

5. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?
(a) Cassette players, radios and jewelry.
(b) Pots and pans and coffee makers.
(c) Books and DVDs.
(d) Computers and cell phones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?

2. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?

3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

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

5. What is it said the house and swimming pool and car could not be insured against?

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