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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of car do the family own?
(a) A mini.
(b) A cadillac.
(c) An REO.
(d) A station wagon.

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

4. What continent did Zenas travel to?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Oceania.

5. Why does the Victrola annoy father?
(a) The sound is scratchy.
(b) The speakers crackle.
(c) There is no volume control.
(d) It keeps playing the same parts of the song.

6. What does Mother throw through the neighbor's window?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A brick.
(c) A plate.
(d) A shoe.

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

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

9. How is Briggs Breal related to Thurber?
(a) His first cousin.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His second cousin.

10. What does Mother insist on talking about the next morning?
(a) Something humorous.
(b) Something elevating.
(c) Rex.
(d) Buck.

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

12. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?
(a) The Boer War.
(b) The War of Independence.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War One

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

14. What are the residents worried will happen to them if they stay in Columbo?
(a) They will be shot.
(b) They be drafted.
(c) They will drown.
(d) They will be electrocuted.

15. Which member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) James.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Mother use the phone?

2. Who does Thurber think is downstairs?

3. What does Thurber have to talk Mother out of doing?

4. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?

5. What does Roy say must have happened to his father?

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