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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. Where does Jeannie deliver her seventh puppy?
(a) In the subway.
(b) A New York City street corner.
(c) In a car park.
(d) A Brooklyn housing estate.

2. Who scalds her finger?
(a) Belle Giddon.
(b) Charley Betts.
(c) Dora Gedd.
(d) Gertie Straub.

3. What do Ohio State students have to complete two years of?
(a) Military.
(b) Filmmaking.
(c) Domestic skills.
(d) Social work.

4. Which member of Vashti's love triangle proves to be imaginary?
(a) The footman.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The step father.
(d) The fireman.

5. Who are the immortals?
(a) The family servants.
(b) Gangsters.
(c) The local boys.
(d) The gardeners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say keeps him tethered to physicians?

2. Which of the following words best describes the agricultural student's prose?

3. What signals for the tourists to get back to the ship?

4. What is the name of the doctor that Thurber helps?

5. What does Gertie Straub pretend she is doing when she comes home drunk one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in General Littlefield's office?

2. How does the mood if the book change in this chapter?

3. Summarize chapter nine.

4. Summarize chapter eight.

5. How does Thurber get out of the draft?

6. What does Thurber claim happen to all men from Columbus who try to travel?

7. How do people try to avoid the army?

8. What do the Thurbers do with Muggs when he dies?

9. Why does Thurber have problems with his gymnasium class?

10. Why does Jake have to watch Grandfather?

(see the answer keys)

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