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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Turber's family believe it is dangerous to use during storms?
(a) Telephones.
(b) Cars.
(c) Computers.
(d) Televisions.

2. What part of Columbus is beyond danger?
(a) The West Side.
(b) The North Side.
(c) The South Side.
(d) The East Side.

3. What is the only car Thurber says he is interested in?
(a) The Hammer.
(b) The Haddock.
(c) The Red Devil.
(d) The Sky Blue.

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

5. Who does Thurber wake up to tell about the burglar?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Rex.
(c) Herman.
(d) Father.

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

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

8. Why did Thurber's father decide to sleep in the attic?
(a) So he could watch the stars.
(b) So he could think.
(c) So he could get away from his wife.
(d) So he could read.

9. What fell on Thurber's father?
(a) A bowling ball.
(b) A brick.
(c) A bed.
(d) A book.

10. Why does Goerge dress up as Zenas?
(a) For an acting role.
(b) To get a job.
(c) To put grandfather's mind at ease.
(d) To scare grandfather.

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

12. Who does Thurber wake up to ask about New Jersey towns?
(a) Roy.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Herman.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?

2. Who drives a Red Devil?

3. What do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?

4. What did Zenas die from?

5. What kind of car do the family own?

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