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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 does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?
(a) Avoid danger.
(b) Look before they leap.
(c) Land on all fours.
(d) Have extra lives.

2. 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) Kidnap their maid and gardener.
(c) Tear off the plaque and stream in.
(d) Go for a swim in their beautiful pool.

3. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?
(a) Wasting their money.
(b) Embarrassing him.
(c) Encouraging them.
(d) Helping them.

4. The sounds of the alarms in the suburban neighborhood were likened to which creatures?
(a) Frogs and cicadas.
(b) Blackbirds and crickets.
(c) Bees and grasshoppers.
(d) Mosquitoes and bluejays.

5. What pets does the family in the narrator's story have at home?
(a) A bird and a hamster.
(b) A cat and a dog.
(c) Goldfish and a parakeet.
(d) A monkey and a lemur.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?

2. What did the old widower who was murdered have to protect him?

3. What are the man and woman warned against doing as they start their lives together?

4. What were the Chopi and Tsonga people the narrator says may have made the wooden instrument she describes when discussing her heart beating?

5. What does the narrator do when she is unable to go back to sleep?

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