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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Car We Had to Push.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) James.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Peter.

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

3. What is the name of Thurber's younger brother?
(a) David.
(b) Peter.
(c) Roy.
(d) Frederick.

4. What did Zenas die from?
(a) The chestnut blight.
(b) The chicken storm.
(c) The dust bowl.
(d) The coconut blight.

5. Why did Thurber's father decide to sleep in the attic?
(a) So he could watch the stars.
(b) So he could get away from his wife.
(c) So he could think.
(d) So he could read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thurber's mother oppose the idea of Turber's father sleeping in the attic?

2. How does Aunt Grace claim she scares off burglars?

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

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

5. What does Aunt Sarah think the burglar will blow into her room?

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