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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 "most profound" place does the narrator say men may be deep under her home?
(a) Brooks.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Homes.
(d) Boats.

2. 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) The alarm would go off.
(d) They would get electrocuted.

3. What type of people are said to live in the city in the tale the narrator tells herself?
(a) Religious people.
(b) Artistic people.
(c) People of a higher caste.
(d) People of another color.

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

5. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?
(a) The boy's bed.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The man and woman's bed.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the man and woman get the plaque that said "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (25) when they first began their life together?

2. What is the narrator's house built atop?

3. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?

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

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

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