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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
(a) Their kids were bussed there for school.
(b) They had friends in the suburbs.
(c) They were looking for work.
(d) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.

2. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?
(a) Bangs and booms.
(b) Shrills, beats, and wails.
(c) Beeps, honks, and toots.
(d) Jingle jangles.

3. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?
(a) Sharp as a knife.
(b) Fierce and cutting.
(c) Razor-bladed.
(d) Serrated and stinging.

4. Who is the first to find the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The cat.
(b) The man and the woman.
(c) The wise old witch.
(d) The housemaid and the gardener.

5. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?
(a) A robber.
(b) A Dragon.
(c) A Prince.
(d) A cop.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?

2. Why was the swimming pool in the tale fenced in?

3. What does the man say cats always do, so they need not worry about him getting hurt on the new fencing?

4. What did the husband tell his wife she was doing by giving things to the city people who came to the suburbs?

5. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?

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