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

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

3. Why does Thurber's mother oppose the idea of Turber's father sleeping in the attic?
(a) He will disturb everyone everytime he uses the bathroom.
(b) There are rats.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) The bed is unsafe.

4. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?
(a) A Pope-Toledo.
(b) A Polo.
(c) A Dinwood Form.
(d) A Cornish Yellow.

5. What do Turber's family believe it is dangerous to use during storms?
(a) Telephones.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Computers.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallory confuse with the sound of rushing waters?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. What continent did Zenas travel to?

4. What kind of car do the family own?

5. How does Aunt Grace claim she scares off burglars?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the REO meet its end?

2. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

3. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

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

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

6. Why does Father dislike pushing the car?

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

8. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

9. What do Grandmother and Mother fear about electricity?

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

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