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

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

3. Who does Thurber recall in chapter six?
(a) The immortals.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The popes.
(d) The munsters.

4. What is a Victrola?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A vintage wine.
(c) A musical.
(d) A record player.

5. What does Roy put under the car to simulate catastrophe?
(a) Milk bottles.
(b) Kitchen utensils.
(c) Plates.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say he is fresh from at 1.15 am?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. What do the police find in the house?

4. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people react to the claim the dam had burst?

2. Why does the record player wake up Father?

3. How does Thurber's mother get overexcited in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

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