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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, University Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes Bassum's character?
(a) Violent.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Timid.
(d) Funny.

2. Who wrote the letter Thurber quotes from in this section?
(a) Herman.
(b) His mother.
(c) Aunt Edith.
(d) His grandfather.

3. Where does Jeannie deliver her seventh puppy?
(a) A Brooklyn housing estate.
(b) In a car park.
(c) A New York City street corner.
(d) In the subway.

4. What does Thurber do in this chapter when he is unable to sleep?
(a) List Italian baseball players.
(b) Count sleep.
(c) List Italian gangsters.
(d) List New Jersey towns.

5. What is Thurber's main problem during gym?
(a) He keeps running into people.
(b) He keeps fainting.
(c) He keeps injuring his leg.
(d) He keeps fouling people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

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

4. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?

5. What does Roy pretend to be suffering from when he shouts in his father's ear?

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