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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 does Mother throw through the neighbor's window?

2. What does Thurber say he is fresh from at 1.15 am?

3. What does Herman sometimes do in his sleep?

4. Why do people take time to start their cars as they try to escape?

5. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

3. Summarize chapter four.

4. How do the family have to start the old REO?

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

6. Summarize chapter five.

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

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

9. How does Buck deal with his father's accusation that he is suffering from delirium?

10. How did the REO meet its end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Grandfather's reaction to the First World War say about the older generation's attitude to war? What is Thurber's opinion on war and how does he express it? How would Thurber have coped if he was drafted?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between fiction and non-fiction in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

Essay Topic 3

How did Thuber's time at Ohio State influence his later life? What indications are there that Thurber did not enjoy university?

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