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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. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?
(a) They promise him his favorite meal.
(b) They tell him his wife is waiting.
(c) They bribe him.
(d) The knock him out.

2. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?
(a) Arguing with Mr. Bodwell.
(b) Breaking the window.
(c) Seeing the ghost.
(d) Telling a joke.

3. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?
(a) Her bra.
(b) Her sweater.
(c) Her dressing gown.
(d) Her blouse.

4. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?
(a) They don't want to be part of a traffic queue.
(b) They are worried their cars will explode.
(c) Hand-cranking is time consuming.
(d) They al think they know a secret route.

5. What enters Thurber's house on 17. November, 1915?
(a) A phantom.
(b) A rat.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A monster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the residents worried will happen to them if they stay in Columbo?

2. Who does Father threaten to get?

3. What is the title of this chapter?

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

5. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?

(see the answer key)

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