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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What writer does Thurber reference in this section?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Joseph Conrad.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Roman Polanski.

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

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

5. What kind of animal does Muggs refuse to kill?
(a) Cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Mice.
(d) Rabbits.

6. What is Thurber's main problem during gym?
(a) He keeps fainting.
(b) He keeps injuring his leg.
(c) He keeps running into people.
(d) He keeps fouling people.

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

8. What does Thurber say Muggs turns mice into?
(a) Killers.
(b) Pets.
(c) Rats.
(d) Gloves.

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

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

11. Which member of Vashti's love triangle proves to be imaginary?
(a) The fireman.
(b) The footman.
(c) The step father.
(d) The policeman.

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

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

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

15. What does Thurber say he hears ringing in 1918?
(a) Gun shots.
(b) Telephones.
(c) Bells.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Thurber enter the army?

2. What is the name of the black boxer Thurber references in this section?

3. What does Thurber call the contraption that Mother uses to call in Muggs?

4. What does Thurber say he lacks the proper perspective to do in his middle years?

5. What does Thurber say he is tempted to do at the end of the novel?

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