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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 Mild Mannered Boar.
(b) Who is Buck?
(c) More Alarms at Night.
(d) The Joke.
2. What wakes up Father at 10.30 pm?
(a) The dog's barking.
(b) A cat fight.
(c) The boys' victola.
(d) Mother's complaining.
3. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?
(a) A Cornish Yellow.
(b) A Polo.
(c) A Pope-Toledo.
(d) A Dinwood Form.
4. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?
(a) The army.
(b) The local government.
(c) The ecologists.
(d) The shop keepers.
5. What does Briggs like to keep by the side of his bed?
(a) A glass of brandy.
(b) Codeine tablets.
(c) A shot of insulin.
(d) A glass of camphor.
6. What do the Columbus believe has broken?
(a) The sewage system.
(b) The dam.
(c) The well.
(d) The buses.
7. What does Roy say must have happened to his father?
(a) He had a flashback.
(b) He left his radio on.
(c) He heard some voices.
(d) He had a nightmare.
8. What does Roy shout in his father's ear?
(a) Buck, your time has come.
(b) Left, right, left, right. Halt.
(c) What is that coming through the door.
(d) The aliens are coming.
9. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?
(a) The knock him out.
(b) They bribe him.
(c) They tell him his wife is waiting.
(d) They promise him his favorite meal.
10. What does Roy pretend to be suffering from when he shouts in his father's ear?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Deliruim.
(d) Amnesia.
11. What does Thurber say he is fresh from at 1.15 am?
(a) A shower.
(b) A run.
(c) A bath.
(d) A walk.
12. What kind of dog is Rex?
(a) A labordor.
(b) A cocker spaniel.
(c) A golden retriever.
(d) A bull terrior.
13. What is the name of the street the Thurbers are living on in this section?
(a) Lexington Avenue.
(b) Amsterdam Avenue.
(c) Elm Street.
(d) Ockville Street.
14. Which member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?
(a) James.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Peter.
15. Who does Thurber recall in chapter six?
(a) The immortals.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The popes.
(d) The munsters.
Short Answer Questions
1. What destroys the REO?
2. What enters Thurber's house on 17. November, 1915?
3. What does Father think will one day happen to the REO?
4. Why can't Mother use the phone?
5. What does Father do at 9.30pm?
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