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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Day the Dam Broke.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Turber's family believe it is dangerous to use during storms?
(a) Cars.
(b) Computers.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Televisions.

2. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?
(a) Cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Electricity.

3. What destroys the REO?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) A lion.
(c) Another car.
(d) A fork of lightning.

4. What fell on Thurber's father?
(a) A book.
(b) A bed.
(c) A bowling ball.
(d) A brick.

5. What do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?
(a) A brick.
(b) An ironing board.
(c) A rock.
(d) An axe handle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dog is Rex?

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

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

4. Who dresses up as Zenas in this section?

5. What does Thurber say lasts for two hours?

(see the answer key)

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