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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Sequence of Servants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Thurber wake up to tell about the burglar?
(a) Rex.
(b) Father.
(c) Herman.
(d) Grandfather.

2. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?
(a) The shop keepers.
(b) The ecologists.
(c) The local government.
(d) The army.

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

4. Who drives a Red Devil?
(a) Ladybird Larry.
(b) Get Ready Man.
(c) Finish Fish Man.
(d) Lazy Boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Victrola?

2. What does the grandfather steal from one of the policeman?

3. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?

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

5. What is the name of Thurber's younger brother?

(see the answer key)

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