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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 sewage system.
(b) The well.
(c) The dam.
(d) The buses.

2. What does Roy put under the car to simulate catastrophe?
(a) Kitchen utensils.
(b) Milk bottles.
(c) Books.
(d) Plates.

3. What does someone yell in the theater?
(a) Water.
(b) Dam.
(c) Rape.
(d) Fire.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of dog is Rex?

3. Who wrote the letter Thurber quotes from in this section?

4. What does Herman sometimes do in his sleep?

5. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?

(see the answer key)

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