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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 member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?
(a) Peter.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) James.

2. What does Roy shout in his father's ear?
(a) Left, right, left, right. Halt.
(b) The aliens are coming.
(c) Buck, your time has come.
(d) What is that coming through the door.

3. What is the name of Thurber's next door neighbors?
(a) The Petersens.
(b) The Yearlys.
(c) The Bodwells.
(d) The Regals.

4. Who does Thurber think is downstairs?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A burglar.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Briggs afraid will happen to him if he falls asleep?

2. What does someone yell in the theater?

3. What does Thurber say he is fresh from at 1.15 am?

4. What does Father do at 9.30pm?

5. How does Thurber describe the stairs leading to the attic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the record player wake up Father?

2. Describe how the family erupts into chaos in the first chapter.

3. How does Mother get the neighbor's attention?

4. How does Father react to Thurber coming into his room at 3 am?

5. How did the rumor that the dam had broken start?

6. What happens inside the movie theater?

7. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

8. How did people react to the claim the dam had burst?

9. How do the family have to start the old REO?

10. What do Grandmother and Mother fear about electricity?

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