2. What is Aunt Sarah afraid will happen if she falls asleep?
(a) She will have a stroke.
(b) A rat will eat her.
(c) She will cease breathing.
(d) A burglar will come into the house.

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

4. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?
(a) The army.
(b) The ecologists.
(c) The local government.
(d) The shop keepers.

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

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

7. What destroys the REO?
(a) Another car.
(b) A machine gun.
(c) A fork of lightning.
(d) A lion.

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

9. Who does Thurber recall in chapter six?
(a) The immortals.
(b) The munsters.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The popes.

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

11. What does Father do at 9.30pm?
(a) Goes for a swim.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Goes to a bar.

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

13. What wakes up Father at 10.30 pm?
(a) Mother's complaining.
(b) A cat fight.
(c) The dog's barking.
(d) The boys' victola.

14. What do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?
(a) A door.
(b) A plank.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A tennis racket.

15. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?
(a) Telling a joke.
(b) Seeing the ghost.
(c) Breaking the window.
(d) Arguing with Mr. Bodwell.