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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. 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 pogo stick.
(c) His walkie talkie.
(d) His toy soldiers.

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

3. 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) Elaborate pools.
(c) Roses and nice lawns.
(d) Neighbors in fancy outfits.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of the story, what is the coil tunnel said to be "just wide enough for" (30)?

4. What information was affixed to some of the security walls of people's houses in the suburbs?

5. What does the mother do to get the boy to sleep at the end of the story?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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