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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 mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?
(a) Give him sleeping medication.
(b) Watch a movie with him.
(c) Read him a fairy tale.
(d) Sing him a lullaby.

2. 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) Happily ever after.
(d) Carefree and fancy free.

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

4. 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) Snake Bite.
(d) Wolf Fangs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?

3. What instrument does the narrator cite when describing how "the misbeats of [her] heart tailed off" (24)?

4. What begins to happen once the riots in the city are suppressed?

5. What does the narrator describe as "finely tuned" in the night?

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