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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of his son's toys did the man take in from the yard every night in case someone came in?
(a) His pogo stick.
(b) His toy soldiers.
(c) His tricycle.
(d) His walkie talkie.

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) Embarrassing him.
(c) Wasting their money.
(d) Helping them.

4. What are some of the things intruders would take from suburban homes?
(a) Computers and cell phones.
(b) Books and DVDs.
(c) Pots and pans and coffee makers.
(d) Cassette players, radios and jewelry.

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

6. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?
(a) They saw through them.
(b) They bend them.
(c) They melt them.
(d) They squeeze through them.

7. What did the housemaid say to the woman who hung about the suburbs looking for work?
(a) They were loafers.
(b) They were desperate.
(c) They were thieves.
(d) They were good people.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What did the woman have the housemaid do to the people from the city who hung about looking for work?
(a) Give them money.
(b) Bring them bread and tea.
(c) Bring them clothes.
(d) Shoo them away.

14. What is the gardener doing as he walks back to the house at the end of the story?
(a) Crawling.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Yelling.

15. What happens "after the first fixing of [the metal fencing's] razor teeth at the end of the story?
(a) The alarm goes off.
(b) The cat's body is entangled.
(c) The boy's body is entangled.
(d) The dog's body is entangled.

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 did the man and the woman not hire any of the people from the city who came seeking jobs?

3. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?

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

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

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