3. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?
(a) The federal union.
(b) The army.
(c) The university.
(d) The government.

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

5. Who does Grandfather think the police are?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Deserters.

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

7. 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.

8. How does Thurber describe the stairs leading to the attic?
(a) Narrow and twisting.
(b) Cold and dark.
(c) Spiralling and scary.
(d) Wide and epic.

9. What do the police find in the house?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Broken plates.
(d) A ghost.

10. Why do the family have to push start the car?
(a) It has no engine.
(b) It can't make it up hills.
(c) It runs out of petrol.
(d) It is beyond cranking.

11. What do the police break down to get into the house?
(a) The back door.
(b) The front window.
(c) The front door.
(d) The cellar door.

12. What is Briggs afraid will happen to him if he falls asleep?
(a) He will have a heart attack.
(b) Someone will climb into his bed.
(c) He will have a nightmare.
(d) He will stop breathing.

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

14. Why does Thurber's mother oppose the idea of Turber's father sleeping in the attic?
(a) It is too cold.
(b) He will disturb everyone everytime he uses the bathroom.
(c) The bed is unsafe.
(d) There are rats.

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