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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 usually saved it for a special occasion.
(c) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(d) It was too expensive to replace.

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

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

4. Who does the boy pretend he is saving at the end of the story?
(a) The Little Mermaid.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Snow White.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

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

6. 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) Shoo them away.
(c) Bring them bread and tea.
(d) Bring them clothes.

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

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

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

10. Who gave the man and woman money to build a higher wall around their house?
(a) The woman's father.
(b) They took out a loan.
(c) The man's mother.
(d) The neighborhood association.

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

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

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

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

15. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?
(a) Sharp as a knife.
(b) Razor-bladed.
(c) Serrated and stinging.
(d) Fierce and cutting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to taken items from homes, what did the suburban intruders do in the homes?

2. What is described as the "low-cost option" neighbors used to secure their homes?

3. What is the gardener doing as he walks back to the house at the end of the story?

4. Where did the cat sleep after the serrated metal coils were installed?

5. How do the intruders get past the iron bars in the suburban homes?

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