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

2. Who does Thurber recall in chapter six?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The immortals.
(c) The popes.
(d) The munsters.

3. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?
(a) Fire, Dam and Help.
(b) Silly Beggars.
(c) Day of the Phantom Dam.
(d) Afternoon of the Great Run.

4. Where does Jeannie deliver her seventh puppy?
(a) A Brooklyn housing estate.
(b) In the subway.
(c) A New York City street corner.
(d) In a car park.

5. Who does Father lock in the bedroom?
(a) Roy.
(b) Mother.
(c) James.
(d) Herman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?

3. What is the name of the street the Thurbers are living on in this section?

4. What is a Victrola?

5. Who wrote the letter Thurber quotes from in this section?

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