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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 writer does Thurber reference in this section?

2. What does Thurber say he lacks the proper perspective to do in his middle years?

3. What does Thurber say the agricultural student is puzzled by?

4. What does Gertie Straub pretend she is doing when she comes home drunk one night?

5. Who do people complain to about Muggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Thurber returns to the ship?

2. Summarize chapter six.

3. How do people try to avoid the army?

4. What does Thurber claim happen to all men from Columbus who try to travel?

5. How does riding the roller coaster affect Thurber?

6. How does Thurber feed the dog?

7. Why does Thurber fail to graduate from university?

8. Describe the Thurber's other two dogs mentioned in this chapter.

9. Why does Muggs stop entering the house?

10. Summarize chapter eight.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Thurber's father's relationship with his sons? How does Thurber express the complexity of this relationship? How does Thurber's relationship with his father affect him?

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 does Thurber's poor eyesight affect his life? What kind of person do the students think Thurber would have been if he had better eyesight?

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