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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 Aunt Sarah afraid will happen if she falls asleep?
(a) She will cease breathing.
(b) She will have a stroke.
(c) A burglar will come into the house.
(d) A rat will eat her.

2. Who does Father lock in the bedroom?
(a) James.
(b) Roy.
(c) Mother.
(d) Herman.

3. Who do the police hear in the attic?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) The burglar.
(d) The ghost.

4. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) More Alarms at Night.
(b) Who is Buck?
(c) The Joke.
(d) The Mild Mannered Boar.

5. What is the only thing Thurber is wearing when the police arrive?
(a) A dressing gown.
(b) A sarong.
(c) A towel.
(d) His underwear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dresses up as Zenas in this section?

2. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?

3. What does Briggs like to keep by the side of his bed?

4. Why does Goerge dress up as Zenas?

5. What word causes panic among the 2,000 people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Father react to Thurber coming into his room at 3 am?

2. Why does Mother oppose Father sleeping in the attic?

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

4. Describe how the family erupts into chaos in the first chapter.

5. How does Buck deal with his father's accusation that he is suffering from delirium?

6. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

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

8. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

9. How do the family have to start the old REO?

10. How does Aunt Grace try to get rid of burglars every evening?

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