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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Draft Board Nights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Robertson think the cricket in the basement is watching?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Death.
(c) The devil.
(d) God.

2. What does Thurber say Old Aunt Melissa Beal can whistle like?
(a) A train.
(b) A dog.
(c) A tin whistle.
(d) A man.

3. What does Cave Canem mean?
(a) This dog bites.
(b) Don't touch the animal.
(c) Beware of the dog.
(d) Don't feed the animal.

4. What subject can Thurber not pass?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English literature.
(c) Geography.
(d) Biology.

5. What war does Mrs. Robinson recall?
(a) The First World War.
(b) The Boer War.
(c) The War of Independence.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dora Gedd injure in her bedroom?

2. What is General Littlefield doing when Thurber enters his office?

3. What is the only car Thurber says he is interested in?

4. Why did Thurber's father decide to sleep in the attic?

5. What does Vashti have a gift for?

(see the answer key)

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