2. What are the residents worried will happen to them if they stay in Columbo?
(a) They will drown.
(b) They will be electrocuted.
(c) They be drafted.
(d) They will be shot.

3. What do the police find in the house?
(a) Broken plates.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why does Thurber's mother oppose the idea of Turber's father sleeping in the attic?
(a) He will disturb everyone everytime he uses the bathroom.
(b) There are rats.
(c) The bed is unsafe.
(d) It is too cold.

5. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) The Joke.
(b) Who is Buck?
(c) The Mild Mannered Boar.
(d) More Alarms at Night.

6. What does the grandfather steal from one of the policeman?
(a) His stick.
(b) His belt.
(c) His radio.
(d) His gun.

7. What does Roy put under the car to simulate catastrophe?
(a) Books.
(b) Milk bottles.
(c) Plates.
(d) Kitchen utensils.

8. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?
(a) Regal Line.
(b) Perth Amboy.
(c) Kingston.
(d) Teeming Springs.

9. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?
(a) The government.
(b) The university.
(c) The army.
(d) The federal union.

10. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?
(a) They al think they know a secret route.
(b) They don't want to be part of a traffic queue.
(c) Hand-cranking is time consuming.
(d) They are worried their cars will explode.

11. Who does grandfather think is invading Columbus?
(a) The Rebels.
(b) The British.
(c) The Republicans.
(d) The Native Americans.

12. Who wrote the letter Thurber quotes from in this section?
(a) Herman.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Aunt Edith.

13. What does Thurber say the ghost causes?
(a) A jovial atmosphere.
(b) A hullabaloo of misunderstanding.
(c) A cacophony of love.
(d) A peerless anger.

14. What does Thurber say lasts for two hours?
(a) Grandmother's burps.
(b) The fire of Columbus.
(c) The evacuation of Columbus.
(d) Grandfather's blackout.

15. Why does the Victrola annoy father?
(a) It keeps playing the same parts of the song.
(b) The speakers crackle.
(c) There is no volume control.
(d) The sound is scratchy.