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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 can't Thurber enter the army?
(a) He has bad knees.
(b) He has a bad back.
(c) He has bad eyesight.
(d) He has bad hearing.

2. What country does Thurber visit one summer?
(a) Russia.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) Poland.

3. What does Thurber say the cloud of his special discomfiture followed him like?
(a) A fly.
(b) A pup.
(c) A cat.
(d) A child.

4. Who does Dora Gedd injure in her bedroom?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Rex.
(c) Father.
(d) Her lover.

5. Who does Thurber describe as a prankster?
(a) Byron Landis.
(b) Horatio Dennis.
(c) Scarlet Tornado.
(d) James Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say not even Lord Jim can run away from?

2. What does Vashti have a gift for?

3. Who calls Thurber the main trouble with this university?

4. What two people are part of Vashti's love triangle?

5. What kind of dog is the dog the garage workers dislike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thurber say he is disappointed in the West Indies?

2. Summarize the book.

3. How does Thurber feed the dog?

4. Who is Mrs. Robertson?

5. What does Thurber say about hypnotism?

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

7. How does riding the roller coaster affect Thurber?

8. Describe the Thurber's other two dogs mentioned in this chapter.

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

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

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