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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dog is the dog the garage workers dislike?
(a) A cocker spaniel.
(b) A sausage dog.
(c) A bull terrier.
(d) A poodle.

2. Which white boxer does Thurber reference?
(a) Jim Jefferies.
(b) Max Emery.
(c) Henry Boston,
(d) Jack Johnson.

3. What does Thurber say about the event at Thurber's house?
(a) It is not fun.
(b) It will come clear later.
(c) It is covered in his next book.
(d) It is too near to deal with.

4. What does Thurber say Muggs like to bite?
(a) Trees.
(b) Cats.
(c) Humans.
(d) Cushions.

5. What war is raging in this chapter?
(a) The Boer War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War One.
(d) World War Two.

6. In which film did Barrymore play a Russian monk?
(a) The Idiot.
(b) The Devils.
(c) Rasputin and the Empress.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

7. Where does Thurber say he previously get all his information about the West Indies?
(a) Conversation.
(b) The movies.
(c) Novels.
(d) Magazines.

8. What does Thurber say he is tempted to do at the end of the novel?
(a) Stay in the West Indies.
(b) Rob a bank.
(c) Go back to Columbus.
(d) Drown himself.

9. Why does Kramer fear being hypnotized?
(a) Because she was once take advantge of under hypnosis.
(b) Because she is susceptible to it.
(c) Because her father was brainwashed.
(d) Because she saw her mother have a bad experience.

10. What subject can Thurber not pass?
(a) Biology.
(b) English literature.
(c) Geography.
(d) Mathematics.

11. What kind of dog is Jeannie?
(a) A Scotch terrier.
(b) A cocker spaniel.
(c) An alsation.
(d) A golden retriever.

12. Complete the following sentence; mistaken exits and__
(a) Lover's corners.
(b) Entrances.
(c) Turnstiles.
(d) Stair cases.

13. What is Dora doing when the police arrive?
(a) Beating her lover.
(b) Talking to her mother on the phone.
(c) Barricading her room.
(d) Shooting a gun.

14. Who does Thurber describe as a prankster?
(a) Byron Landis.
(b) Horatio Dennis.
(c) James Gordon.
(d) Scarlet Tornado.

15. What does Thurber say he dislikes doing while naked?
(a) Answering questions.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Having a shower.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Vashti's fiance?

2. How does Edda Millmoss destroy father's dinner?

3. Where do the family bury Muggs?

4. What does James say Mrs. Robertson embraces?

5. What comes shortly after Thurber's last failed examination?

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