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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, More Alarms at Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the police break down to get into the house?
(a) The front window.
(b) The cellar door.
(c) The back door.
(d) The front door.

2. Who does Thurber think is downstairs?
(a) A burglar.
(b) His aunt.
(c) A ghost.
(d) His brother.

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

4. What part of Columbus is under water?
(a) The Main Street.
(b) East of High Street.
(c) Amsterdam Avenue.
(d) West of High Street.

5. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The War of Independence.
(c) World War One
(d) The Boer War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?

2. What kind of car do the family own?

3. What is the name of the town's doctor?

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

5. Which member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?

(see the answer key)

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