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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 do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?
(a) A plank.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A tennis racket.
(d) A door.

2. Who does Father threaten to get?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Buck.
(c) George.
(d) Dave.

3. Which member of the family dislikes the REO?
(a) Rex.
(b) Herman.
(c) The father.
(d) The mother.

4. What continent did Zenas travel to?
(a) South America.
(b) Oceania.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.

5. What did Zenas die from?
(a) The chestnut blight.
(b) The coconut blight.
(c) The chicken storm.
(d) The dust bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thurber say he grew up as a boy?

2. Who does Grandfather think the police are?

3. What does Thurber say the ghost causes?

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

5. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the record player wake up Father?

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

3. How did the REO meet its end?

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

5. Summarize chapter four.

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

7. Summarize chapter five.

8. How did the rumor that the dam had broken start?

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

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

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