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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 is General Littlefield doing when Thurber enters his office?
(a) Swatting a fly.
(b) Playing darts.
(c) Cutting his nostril hair.
(d) Kissing his secretary.

2. What is the name of the doctor that Thurber helps?
(a) Eggins.
(b) Ridgeway.
(c) Kelvin.
(d) Jackson.

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

4. What word best describes Bassum's character?
(a) Funny.
(b) Timid.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Violent.

5. What is Dora doing when the police arrive?
(a) Beating her lover.
(b) Barricading her room.
(c) Shooting a gun.
(d) Talking to her mother on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does the grandfather want to serve in?

2. What does Thurber say Muggs turns mice into?

3. What happens when Muggs jumps onto the mantelpiece?

4. Who does Dora Gedd injure in her bedroom?

5. Who scalds her finger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mother respond to accusations that Muggs bites people?

2. Who is Mrs. Robertson?

3. Why does Thurber claim that even Lord Jim found it difficult to run away?

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

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

6. What happens in General Littlefield's office?

7. Summarize the book.

8. Why does Vashti's lover leave her?

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

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

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