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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 does Roy pretend to be suffering from when he shouts in his father's ear?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Deliruim.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Amnesia.

2. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?
(a) The ecologists.
(b) The local government.
(c) The army.
(d) The shop keepers.

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

4. Why does Aunt Melissa think she is destined to die on South High Street?
(a) She had a car accident there.
(b) She saw a dead body there.
(c) She was born there.
(d) She had a stroke there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father think will one day happen to the REO?

2. What does Thurber say lasts for two hours?

3. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?

4. Why does Goerge dress up as Zenas?

5. Who does Thurber think is downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the REO meet its end?

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

3. What does Thurber say about earthquakes in this chapter?

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

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

6. Why does Father dislike pushing the car?

7. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

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

9. How does Thurber reassure Briggs?

10. What is Father's relationship with his sons?

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