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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. Why did Thurber's father decide to sleep in the attic?
(a) So he could watch the stars.
(b) So he could read.
(c) So he could get away from his wife.
(d) So he could think.

2. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?
(a) The War of Independence.
(b) The Boer War.
(c) World War One
(d) The Civil War.

3. Who drives a Red Devil?
(a) Finish Fish Man.
(b) Lazy Boy.
(c) Get Ready Man.
(d) Ladybird Larry.

4. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?
(a) Seeing the ghost.
(b) Arguing with Mr. Bodwell.
(c) Telling a joke.
(d) Breaking the window.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police find in the house?

2. Who does Mother want to call when she hears the noise?

3. Who do the police hear in the attic?

4. What do the police break down to get into the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father dislike pushing the car?

2. Summarize chapter five.

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

4. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

5. What happens inside the movie theater?

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

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

8. What do Grandmother and Mother fear about electricity?

9. Summarize chapter four.

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

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