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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Edda Millmoss destroy father's dinner?
(a) She goes into labor.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She burns the house.
(d) She tries to kiss him.

2. When is Muggs in a good mood?
(a) Before bed.
(b) In the morning.
(c) After a meal.
(d) Never.

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

4. Who does Mrs. Doody think Father is?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Faust.
(c) Ted Bundy.
(d) Antichrist.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What rank does Thurber rise to in the military?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

9. What does Vashti have a gift for?
(a) Taming animals.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Healing children.
(d) Finding lost objects.

10. What problems does Mugs have shortly before his death?
(a) He starts seeing things.
(b) He goes blind.
(c) He starts hearing voices.
(d) He goes death.

11. Who goes beserk in this section?
(a) Charley.
(b) Mrs. Doody.
(c) Mother.
(d) Vashti.

12. Where does Muggs go when Thurber punishes him?
(a) The cleaning cupboard.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The bookshelf.
(d) The fireplace mantelpiece.

13. Where does Thurber work as a publicity agent?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) An amusment park.
(c) A candy store.
(d) A magazine.

14. Who are the immortals?
(a) The family servants.
(b) The gardeners.
(c) The local boys.
(d) Gangsters.

15. When is Muggs particularly nasty?
(a) Before bed.
(b) After dinner.
(c) In the mornings.
(d) In the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Thurber describe as a prankster?

2. What does Thurber say the cloud of his special discomfiture followed him like?

3. What does James say Mrs. Robertson embraces?

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

5. What does Mrs. Robertson think the cricket in the basement is watching?

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