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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people in the city begin spending time in the suburbs even if they were not housemaids or gardeners?

2. How are the coils the man and woman have installed around their wall described when the workmen are putting them in?

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?

4. What does the little boy drag to the wall while he is playing make believe at the end of the story?

5. What were the man and woman and little boy no longer able to admire when they took their dog for walks around the neighborhood?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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