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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the people in the narrator's story said to be living at the start of her tale?
(a) Like peas in a pod.
(b) In eternal despair.
(c) Carefree and fancy free.
(d) Happily ever after.

2. According to the narrator's tale, under what conditions were people who lived in the city allowed in the suburbs?
(a) As nannies and drivers.
(b) As teachers and secretaries.
(c) As housemaids and gardeners.
(d) As doctors and lawyers.

3. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?
(a) The bedrooms were ransacked.
(b) The bar was raided.
(c) The car was stolen.
(d) The television was smashed.

4. What is it said would happen if someone tried to get through the tunnel of the security fence the man and woman installed?
(a) They would get entangled in its fangs.
(b) They would get suffocated.
(c) They would get electrocuted.
(d) The alarm would go off.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?

2. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?

3. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?

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

5. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?

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