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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) The Night the Ghost Got In.
(b) The Rocking Chair.
(c) The Day the Dam Broke.
(d) Good Night Lovely.

2. Where does Thurber say he grew up as a boy?
(a) Charlottesville.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

3. Why does Aunt Melissa think she is destined to die on South High Street?
(a) She had a stroke there.
(b) She had a car accident there.
(c) She saw a dead body there.
(d) She was born there.

4. What does Thurber say it is almost necessary to throw around?
(a) Water.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Books.
(d) Sweets.

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

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

7. What does Roy pretend to be suffering from when he shouts in his father's ear?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Deliruim.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Amnesia.

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

9. What does Mallory confuse with the sound of rushing waters?
(a) A child's scream.
(b) Drums.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Rolling skates.

10. Who dresses up as Zenas in this section?
(a) James Thurber.
(b) George Martin.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Herman Thurber.

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

12. What is the name of the street the Thurbers are living on in this section?
(a) Elm Street.
(b) Ockville Street.
(c) Amsterdam Avenue.
(d) Lexington Avenue.

13. What does Thurber have to talk Mother out of doing?
(a) Going downstairs.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Breaking another window.
(d) Jumping from the window.

14. Who does grandfather think is invading Columbus?
(a) The British.
(b) The Republicans.
(c) The Rebels.
(d) The Native Americans.

15. What do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?
(a) An axe handle.
(b) A rock.
(c) An ironing board.
(d) A brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Victrola annoy father?

2. How is Briggs Breal related to Thurber?

3. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?

4. What enters Thurber's house on 17. November, 1915?

5. Who does Thurber think is downstairs?

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