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What type of building does the family home look like after adding all the security?
A school
A church
A prison
A hospital
What does the sign on the family's gate say?
NO TRESPASSING
YARD SALE
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
DO NOT ENTER
Who read the boy the story that convinced him to climb the wall?
The mother
What name was given to the boy's grandmother?
Wise Old Witch
Fairy Godmother
Dragon
Wicked Stepmother
What did the wife want to give to the people on the street?
Work
Prayers
Food and drink
Money
Which security system let the family know that the boy needed to be rescued from the metal coils?
The alarm
The speaker
The warning sign
The burger bars
What kind of communication did the author receive that asked them to write a story for children?
A text
A phone call
A letter
A email
What did the boy use to climb the wall?
A ladder
A pick axe
A chair
A rope
What racist social system is in place during the time that the story happened?
Apartheid.
Slavery.
Jim Crow.
In which country is the story set?
Rwanda
America
Canada
South Africa
Who always made the burglar alarms start ringing?
The wise old witch
The burglars
The cat
The gardener
Which of the following are not a character in the story?
Man
Boy
Girl
Wife
What does the Wise Old Witch get the little boy for Christmas?
A bike.
A book of fairy tales.
A pet cat.
Bricks.
What did the man bring in from the garden every night to protect it from criminals?
The cat.
The ladder.
The car.
The boy's tricycle.
What does the Wise Old Witch get the man and the woman for Christmas?
A Security System.
Bricks.
A Book of Fairy Tales.
Serrated Security Coil.
In this story, what are people afraid of?
The people were afraid that burglars would break into their home and steal things.
