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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 had recommended the gardener to the man and his wife?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) The man's mother.
(c) The woman's sister.
(d) The child's teacher.

2. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Flute.
(c) Xylophone.
(d) Saxophone.

3. What does the man tell his wife to ease her fears the people from the city will come to their house in the suburbs?
(a) The buses will not take them to the city.
(b) The people of the city have no interest in the suburbs.
(c) The people of the city will not know how to get there.
(d) There are police and soldiers and tear-gas to keep them away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?

2. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?

3. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?

4. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?

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

(see the answer key)

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