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

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

3. What wakes up Father at 10.30 pm?
(a) A cat fight.
(b) Mother's complaining.
(c) The dog's barking.
(d) The boys' victola.

4. What word best describes Bassum's character?
(a) Funny.
(b) Timid.
(c) Violent.
(d) Sleepy.

5. What does Thurber do in this chapter when he is unable to sleep?
(a) Count sleep.
(b) List Italian gangsters.
(c) List Italian baseball players.
(d) List New Jersey towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father do at 9.30pm?

2. What is a Victrola?

3. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?

4. What word causes panic among the 2,000 people?

5. What is Thurber's main problem during gym?

(see the answer key)

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