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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 the Columbus believe has broken?
(a) The dam.
(b) The well.
(c) The sewage system.
(d) The buses.

2. What does Father think will one day happen to the REO?
(a) It will explode.
(b) It wil be stolen.
(c) It will roll down a hill.
(d) It turn over.

3. Why does Aunt Melissa think she is destined to die on South High Street?
(a) She had a stroke there.
(b) She saw a dead body there.
(c) She was born there.
(d) She had a car accident there.

4. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?
(a) A Pope-Toledo.
(b) A Polo.
(c) A Dinwood Form.
(d) A Cornish Yellow.

5. What is Briggs afraid will happen to him if he falls asleep?
(a) He will have a nightmare.
(b) He will have a heart attack.
(c) He will stop breathing.
(d) Someone will climb into his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say Old Aunt Melissa Beal can whistle like?

2. How is Briggs Breal related to Thurber?

3. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?

4. What does someone yell in the theater?

5. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?

(see the answer key)

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