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

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

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

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

6. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?
(a) Fire, Dam and Help.
(b) Day of the Phantom Dam.
(c) Silly Beggars.
(d) Afternoon of the Great Run.

7. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?
(a) Her bra.
(b) Her dressing gown.
(c) Her sweater.
(d) Her blouse.

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

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

10. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?
(a) They al think they know a secret route.
(b) Hand-cranking is time consuming.
(c) They are worried their cars will explode.
(d) They don't want to be part of a traffic queue.

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

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

13. Which member of the family dislikes the REO?
(a) The mother.
(b) The father.
(c) Rex.
(d) Herman.

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

15. Who does Mother want to call when she hears the noise?
(a) The fire brigade.
(b) The reverend.
(c) The police.
(d) The ghostbusters.