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

3. What do the Columbus believe has broken?
(a) The sewage system.
(b) The well.
(c) The dam.
(d) The buses.

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

5. How long does it take for Columbus to get back to normal?
(a) A day.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Two days.

6. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?
(a) Perth Amboy.
(b) Teeming Springs.
(c) Regal Line.
(d) Kingston.

7. What word causes panic among the 2,000 people?
(a) Hell.
(b) Water.
(c) Dam.
(d) Fire.

8. What is the name of Thurber's younger brother?
(a) Roy.
(b) David.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Peter.

9. What does Briggs like to keep by the side of his bed?
(a) Codeine tablets.
(b) A glass of camphor.
(c) A glass of brandy.
(d) A shot of insulin.

10. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?
(a) A Polo.
(b) A Cornish Yellow.
(c) A Dinwood Form.
(d) A Pope-Toledo.

11. What does Roy shout in his father's ear?
(a) Buck, your time has come.
(b) The aliens are coming.
(c) What is that coming through the door.
(d) Left, right, left, right. Halt.

12. What does Mother throw through the neighbor's window?
(a) A brick.
(b) A plate.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A shoe.

13. What did Zenas die from?
(a) The chestnut blight.
(b) The chicken storm.
(c) The coconut blight.
(d) The dust bowl.

14. Who does Father lock in the bedroom?
(a) James.
(b) Herman.
(c) Mother.
(d) Roy.

15. What does Thurber say lasts for two hours?
(a) Grandfather's blackout.
(b) Grandmother's burps.
(c) The fire of Columbus.
(d) The evacuation of Columbus.