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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the boy pretend the serrated metal coils are at the end of the story?
(a) A xylophone.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A secret fortress.
(d) A thicket of thorns.

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

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

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

6. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?
(a) Had parties.
(b) Ate and drank.
(c) Napped.
(d) Read.

7. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?
(a) Nice cars.
(b) Elaborate pools.
(c) Roses and nice lawns.
(d) Neighbors in fancy outfits.

8. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?
(a) Who to call in case of emergency.
(b) The company who installed them.
(c) The local homeless shelter.
(d) The local police number.

9. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) They did not make that kind anymore.
(b) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(c) It was too expensive to replace.
(d) They usually saved it for a special occasion.

10. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?
(a) The man.
(b) The boy.
(c) The woman.
(d) The wise old witch.

11. Why did the wife suggest they build a higher wall around their house?
(a) Her husband suggested that someone might still be able to climb in.
(b) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.
(c) She wanted it to block out the sun.
(d) She worried her son would climb over their current wall.

12. What words are used to describe the way the sunlight interacts with the serrated metal fencing the man and woman install?
(a) Splished and splashed.
(b) Zipped and zapped.
(c) Bounced and pounced.
(d) Flashed and slashed.

13. How is the housemaid described at the end of the story as she walks back to the house?
(a) Hysterical.
(b) Speechless.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Hopeless.

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

15. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?
(a) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.
(b) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.
(c) A toy gun and a baseball bat.
(d) A firetruck and a football.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said to have happened in one family's home while the family was at dinner?

2. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?

3. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?

4. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?

5. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

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