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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 were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Elaborate pools.
(b) Roses and nice lawns.
(c) Neighbors in fancy outfits.
(d) Nice cars.

2. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?
(a) Bear Claws.
(b) Dragon's Teeth.
(c) Wolf Fangs.
(d) Snake Bite.

3. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
(a) The neighborhood association.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) They took out a loan.
(d) The woman's father.

4. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Bring them clothes.
(b) Bring them bread and tea.
(c) Shoo them away.
(d) Give them money.

5. What does the wife worry the people from the city might come to their home and do some day?
(a) Throw bombs and destroy all they have.
(b) Tear off the plaque and stream in.
(c) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.
(d) Kidnap their maid and gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have offered a warning to the man and woman when they started their life together?

2. What does the husband do to assuage his wife's fears that people from the city might intrude on their home in the suburbs?

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

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

5. Who lives in the home the narrator describes at the start of her story?

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