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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 Briggs like to keep by the side of his bed?
(a) A glass of brandy.
(b) Codeine tablets.
(c) A glass of camphor.
(d) A shot of insulin.

2. What continent did Zenas travel to?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Oceania.

3. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?
(a) The army.
(b) The government.
(c) The university.
(d) The federal union.

4. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?
(a) They al think they know a secret route.
(b) They don't want to be part of a traffic queue.
(c) They are worried their cars will explode.
(d) Hand-cranking is time consuming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?

2. What does Roy say must have happened to his father?

3. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?

4. What does Father do at 9.30pm?

5. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize chapter five.

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

4. Why does the record player wake up Father?

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

6. How did the town react to their mistake about the burst dam?

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

8. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

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

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

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