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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 do the family use to knock the grandfather unconscious?
(a) An ironing board.
(b) A rock.
(c) An axe handle.
(d) A brick.

2. What do people name the day everyone fled the town?
(a) Silly Beggars.
(b) Day of the Phantom Dam.
(c) Fire, Dam and Help.
(d) Afternoon of the Great Run.

3. What university did Thurber attend?
(a) Ohio State.
(b) New York State.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

4. What subject can Thurber not pass?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geography.
(c) English literature.
(d) Mathematics.

5. How long does it take for Columbus to get back to normal?
(a) A week.
(b) Two days.
(c) A month.
(d) A day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Professor Bassum teach?

2. Which of the following words best describes the agricultural student's prose?

3. What is the name of the town's doctor?

4. What does the grandfather steal from one of the policeman?

5. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?

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