2. What has the grandfather become entangled in in Shepherd?
(a) A thorn bush.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) A fishing net.
(d) Fishing wire.

3. Where do the family bury Muggs?
(a) In the garden.
(b) Under the patio.
(c) Along a lonely road.
(d) In a graveyard.

4. Who does Dora Gedd injure in her bedroom?
(a) Rex.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Father.

5. What university did Thurber attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) New York State.
(c) Ohio State.
(d) Princeton.

6. What does Professor Bassum teach?
(a) Biology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Economics.

7. What do Ohio State students have to complete two years of?
(a) Domestic skills.
(b) Social work.
(c) Military.
(d) Filmmaking.

8. What country does Thurber visit one summer?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) The West Indies.

9. Where does Jeannie deliver her seventh puppy?
(a) In a car park.
(b) A Brooklyn housing estate.
(c) In the subway.
(d) A New York City street corner.

10. What does the agricultural student decide to take up?
(a) Farming.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Law.
(d) Athletics.

11. What happens when Muggs jumps onto the mantelpiece?
(a) It cracks.
(b) The wall cracks.
(c) A picture falls on top of him.
(d) It collapses.

12. What does Thurber fear Muggs will do when he feeds him?
(a) Jump on him.
(b) Growl at him.
(c) Bite him.
(d) Scratch him.

13. What sport does one of Thurber's colleagues help him to pass?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Running.
(d) Golf.

14. What does James say Mrs. Robertson embraces?
(a) The supreme race.
(b) Black power.
(c) Black pride.
(d) White superiority.

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