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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 kind of ride is the Scarlet Tornado?

2. What does Thurber say he hears ringing in 1918?

3. What is the title of this chapter?

4. Where do the family bury Muggs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thurber cope with the military drills?

2. Who was Jack Johnson?

3. How does the mood if the book change in this chapter?

4. Why does Thurber fail to graduate from university?

5. Summarize chapter six.

6. Summarize chapter eight.

7. What happens when Thurber returns to the ship?

8. How does Muggs deal with mice?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Thurber represent his family in the book? Does Thurber have any conflicts with his family and if so, how does he express these problems? How does Thurber's family shaped him as a person?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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