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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?
(a) The rain to seep through.
(b) An intruder to squeeze through.
(c) The cat to sleep in.
(d) The boy to creep in.

5. 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) A firetruck and a football.
(c) A Space Man outfit and a fairy tale book.
(d) Walkie talkies and a tricycle.

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

7. 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) Dragon's Teeth.
(b) Bear Claws.
(c) Snake Bite.
(d) Wolf Fangs.

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

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

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

11. 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) They usually saved it for a special occasion.
(d) It was too expensive to replace.

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds collided with the screams at the end of the story?

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

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

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

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

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