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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?
(a) A ladder.
(b) The cat.
(c) His tricycle.
(d) Garden stones.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?
(a) The cat's wail.
(b) The neighbor's shouts.
(c) The dog's bark.
(d) The alarm.

8. Who runs out of the house second and finds the boy at the end of the story?
(a) The wise old witch.
(b) The cat.
(c) The housemaid and gardener.
(d) The man and the woman.

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

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

11. What additional security option does the husband and wife choose after comparing various styles in the neighborhood?
(a) 12-inch pikes.
(b) Glass embedded in cement.
(c) Iron grilles with lance-points.
(d) Serrated metal coils.

12. 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 electrocuted.
(b) The alarm would go off.
(c) They would get suffocated.
(d) They would get entangled in its fangs.

13. 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) Neighbors in fancy outfits.
(b) Roses and nice lawns.
(c) Nice cars.
(d) Elaborate pools.

14. 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 worried her son would climb over their current wall.
(c) She wanted it to block out the sun.
(d) She wanted their wall higher than their neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the company that installs the security fence the man and woman have installed toward the end of the story?

4. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?

5. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?

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