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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, University Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thurber do in this chapter when he is unable to sleep?
(a) List Italian gangsters.
(b) Count sleep.
(c) List New Jersey towns.
(d) List Italian baseball players.

2. What does James say Mrs. Robertson embraces?
(a) Black pride.
(b) White superiority.
(c) Black power.
(d) The supreme race.

3. Where in the house does Thurber hear someone walking around?
(a) The sitting room.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bathroom.

4. What is the name of the town's doctor?
(a) Herbert.
(b) George.
(c) Yankov.
(d) Mallory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Muggs jumps onto the mantelpiece?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. Which member of the family dislikes the REO?

4. What does Gertie Straub pretend she is doing when she comes home drunk one night?

5. Who do people complain to about Muggs?

(see the answer key)

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