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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. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?
(a) It was too expensive to replace.
(b) They did not make that kind anymore.
(c) They felt the intruders were unable to appreciate what they were drinking.
(d) They usually saved it for a special occasion.

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

3. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?
(a) Their kids were bussed there for school.
(b) They were looking for work.
(c) They had friends in the suburbs.
(d) They were waiting for families to leave so they could rob them.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the son pretend to be the day after his mother read him a fairy tale from the book the Wise Old Witch gave him?

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

4. What were intruders able to do even while the alarms wailed in the suburbs, and what did they take?

5. Why did the neighborhood alarm systems tend to go unanswered?

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

7. What did the wife do for the people who hung around looking for work outside their home? What did the housemaid think of them?

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

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

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

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