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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 the police break down to get into the house?
(a) The cellar door.
(b) The front door.
(c) The front window.
(d) The back door.

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

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

4. What is the name of grandfather's dead brother?
(a) Morpheus.
(b) Zenas.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Dipper.

5. Why does the Victrola annoy father?
(a) The sound is scratchy.
(b) There is no volume control.
(c) It keeps playing the same parts of the song.
(d) The speakers crackle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?

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

3. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?

4. What does Mother insist on talking about the next morning?

5. What do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

2. How could Grandfather caused the family to drown?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens inside the movie theater?

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

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