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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 are the residents worried will happen to them if they stay in Columbo?
(a) They will be shot.
(b) They be drafted.
(c) They will drown.
(d) They will be electrocuted.

2. What is the name of Thurber's next door neighbors?
(a) The Yearlys.
(b) The Petersens.
(c) The Regals.
(d) The Bodwells.

3. What does someone yell in the theater?
(a) Fire.
(b) Dam.
(c) Rape.
(d) Water.

4. What part of Columbus is beyond danger?
(a) The West Side.
(b) The North Side.
(c) The South Side.
(d) The East Side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Turber's family believe it is dangerous to use during storms?

2. Where in the house does Thurber hear someone walking around?

3. What do the Columbus believe has broken?

4. What does Mother throw through the neighbor's window?

5. What does Thurber say Old Aunt Melissa Beal can whistle like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

3. Summarize chapter four.

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

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

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

7. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

8. Who was General Meade?

9. How did the REO meet its end?

10. How does Grandfather react when the police break into his room?

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