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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of grandfather's dead brother?
(a) Zenas.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Dipper.
(d) Morpheus.

2. Who does Thurber wake up to ask about New Jersey towns?
(a) Mother.
(b) Roy.
(c) Herman.
(d) Father.

3. What does Thurber say the ghost causes?
(a) A peerless anger.
(b) A hullabaloo of misunderstanding.
(c) A cacophony of love.
(d) A jovial atmosphere.

4. What do the police break down to get into the house?
(a) The cellar door.
(b) The back door.
(c) The front door.
(d) The front window.

5. How does Aunt Grace claim she scares off burglars?
(a) She throws shoes at them.
(b) She laughs loudly.
(c) She bangs on the floor.
(d) She screams at the top of her voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?

2. Who does Father lock in the bedroom?

3. What does the grandfather steal from one of the policeman?

4. Why does Aunt Melissa think she is destined to die on South High Street?

5. Who does Father threaten to get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

2. Summarize chapter four.

3. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

4. How does Grandfather react when the police break into his room?

5. How does Thurber react when he hears the ghost?

6. How does Aunt Sarah Shoaf counter her fear of burglars?

7. How does Mother get the neighbor's attention?

8. How did the town react to their mistake about the burst dam?

9. How did the REO meet its end?

10. What does Aunt write that she observed from the flood?

(see the answer keys)

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