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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, University Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?
(a) Arguing with Mr. Bodwell.
(b) Breaking the window.
(c) Telling a joke.
(d) Seeing the ghost.

2. What is Thurber's main problem during gym?
(a) He keeps injuring his leg.
(b) He keeps fouling people.
(c) He keeps running into people.
(d) He keeps fainting.

3. What actor does Thurber talk about in this chapter six?
(a) Robert De Niro.
(b) Lionel Barrymore.
(c) Peter Nicholls.
(d) John Barrymore.

4. What is Dora doing when the police arrive?
(a) Shooting a gun.
(b) Beating her lover.
(c) Talking to her mother on the phone.
(d) Barricading her room.

5. Who does Mrs. Doody think Father is?
(a) Faust.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Antichrist.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dog is the dog the garage workers dislike?

2. Who does Thurber wake up to tell about the burglar?

3. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?

4. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?

5. What does Vashti have a gift for?

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