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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?

2. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?

3. Who does Father threaten to get?

4. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?

5. Who does grandfather think is invading Columbus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mother get the neighbor's attention?

2. How did people react to the claim the dam had burst?

3. Summarize chapter five.

4. How does Aunt Sarah Shoaf counter her fear of burglars?

5. What does Thurber say about earthquakes in this chapter?

6. What do Grandmother and Mother fear about electricity?

7. How did the rumor that the dam had broken start?

8. What happens inside the movie theater?

9. How did the town react to their mistake about the burst dam?

10. How does Thurber reassure Briggs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Thurber's memoirs differ from other memoirs? How does Thurber use humor and exaggeration to still create an accurate representation of his upbringing?

Essay Topic 2

What are Thurber's opinions on war and the military? How does he express these opinions?

Essay Topic 3

How did the Civil War change American society? How does Thurber express these changes?

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