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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose home does Thurber mention in this chapter?
(a) David Priest's.
(b) Horatio Alger's.
(c) James Stanley's.
(d) Luke Seaman's.

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

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

4. What does Gertie Straub pretend she is doing when she comes home drunk one night?
(a) Singing.
(b) Hoovering.
(c) Washing clothes.
(d) Dusting.

5. Where does the grandfather practice with the electric runabout?
(a) Jellystone Park.
(b) Lincoln Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Franklin Park.

6. What do people swallow to avoid the army?
(a) Fishing hooks.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) Watches.
(d) Coins.

7. What does Thurber call the contraption that Mother uses to call in Muggs?
(a) A drum rattler.
(b) A whip machine.
(c) A thunder machine.
(d) An echo box.

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

9. What two people are part of Vashti's love triangle?
(a) A footman and a fireman.
(b) A astronaut and a teacher.
(c) A policeman and a husband.
(d) A chauffer and a stepfather.

10. Who does Thurber's instructor shiver all over like?
(a) Lionel Blair.
(b) Lionel Barrymore.
(c) John Barrymore.
(d) Michael Barrymore.

11. What actor does Thurber talk about in this chapter six?
(a) Peter Nicholls.
(b) Lionel Barrymore.
(c) John Barrymore.
(d) Robert De Niro.

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

13. What is the name of the black boxer Thurber references in this section?
(a) Muhammed Ali.
(b) Jack Johnson.
(c) Jim Jeffries.
(d) Sonny Liston.

14. In what part of his life does Thurber say he suffered?
(a) The middle years.
(b) The later years.
(c) The teenage years.
(d) The early years.

15. What other subject does Thurber say causes him trouble?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Gym.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say Muggs turns mice into?

2. What university did Thurber attend?

3. Who are the immortals?

4. Who goes beserk in this section?

5. What writer does Thurber reference in this section?

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