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

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

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

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

5. Who says they "hope the cat will take heed" (30) after the serrated metal coils are installed?
(a) The woman.
(b) The wise old witch.
(c) The man.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man and woman see outside while they were discussing the latest armed robbery one night?

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

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

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

5. Why did owners of suburban homes particularly mourn when the intruders drank their single malt scotch?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Rather than noting lovely roses and gardens, what did the man and woman begin to admire during their neighborhood walks with their son and dog?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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