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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?
(a) The cat effortlessly climb over the wall.
(b) A neighbor's car get stolen.
(c) Someone sneaking around their garden.
(d) Their son sneaking off with a stranger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gifts did the man's mother give the little boy for Christmas the year they built a higher wall?

2. Who does the little boy pretend to be at the end of the story?

3. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?

4. What words are used to describe the sounds the alarms in the suburban neighborhood made?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were homeowners particularly crushed when intruders drank their single malt scotch?

2. Who helps remove the little boy at the end of the story? How do they do it?

3. Describe what would likely happen should someone attempt to climb the wall with the serrated metal coils installed?

4. After building a higher wall, what did the man and woman notice the cat doing one night while discussing the latest robberies?

5. Describe the various security options the man and woman noticed during their neighborhood walk.

6. Despite thinking it the ugliest, what option did the man and woman choose to enhance security after building a higher wall?

7. What did the unemployed begin doing in the suburbs?

8. How did the son end up getting entangled in the new security fence at the end of the story?

9. What does the wife tell her husband she is worried after installing the serrated metal coils around their wall?

10. After the man and woman decided they should build a higher wall, what did the man's mother get them for Christmas? What did she get for their son?

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