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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Note at the End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Vashti's love triangle proves to be imaginary?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The step father.
(c) The footman.
(d) The fireman.

2. What is the name of grandfather's dead brother?
(a) Zenas.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Dipper.
(d) Morpheus.

3. Why can't Thurber enter the army?
(a) He has bad eyesight.
(b) He has a bad back.
(c) He has bad hearing.
(d) He has bad knees.

4. What does Mother insist on talking about the next morning?
(a) Buck.
(b) Something humorous.
(c) Rex.
(d) Something elevating.

5. Where does Thurber say he previously get all his information about the West Indies?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Novels.
(c) Magazines.
(d) The movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?

2. What does Mallory confuse with the sound of rushing waters?

3. What war is ending in this chapter?

4. What does Roy put under the car to simulate catastrophe?

5. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?

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