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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 country does the grandfather want to serve in?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Japan.
(d) Denmark.

2. What does Thurber say he feels like after riding on the roller coaster, even when he is laying down?
(a) Falling.
(b) Spinning.
(c) Floating.
(d) Flying.

3. Whose home does Thurber mention in this chapter?
(a) James Stanley's.
(b) David Priest's.
(c) Luke Seaman's.
(d) Horatio Alger's.

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

5. What writer does Thurber reference in this section?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Jack London.
(c) Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) Roman Polanski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of ride is the Scarlet Tornado?

2. What kind of medication is Giddon comparing?

3. Where does the grandfather practice with the electric runabout?

4. What does Thurber say the cloud of his special discomfiture followed him like?

5. In which film did Barrymore play a Russian monk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Muggs stop entering the house?

2. How does Thurber get out of the draft?

3. What does Thurber say about hypnotism?

4. What happens in General Littlefield's office?

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

6. How does Bassum try to help Bolenciecwcz pass his exams?

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

8. What problems does Grandfather have with the electric roundabout?

9. Summarize chapter six.

10. What problems does Father have with the servants?

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