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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 Muggs go when Thurber punishes him?
(a) The cleaning cupboard.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The bookshelf.
(d) The fireplace mantelpiece.

2. What does Vashti have a gift for?
(a) Finding lost objects.
(b) Taming animals.
(c) Healing children.
(d) Cooking.

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

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

5. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) A Note at the End.
(b) Middle Years.
(c) Hard Times.
(d) Country of the Blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the following sentence; mistaken exits and__

2. Where does Thurber say he previously get all his information about the West Indies?

3. In what part of his life does Thurber say he suffered?

4. What is the name of the black boxer Thurber references in this section?

5. What has the grandfather become entangled in in Shepherd?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thurber feed the dog?

2. Summarize chapter six.

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

4. How do people try to avoid the army?

5. How does riding the roller coaster affect Thurber?

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

7. Why does Jake have to watch Grandfather?

8. How does Thurber get out of the draft?

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

10. Summarize chapter eight.

(see the answer keys)

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