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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Day the Dam Broke.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the family have to push start the car?
(a) It runs out of petrol.
(b) It can't make it up hills.
(c) It has no engine.
(d) It is beyond cranking.

3. What is the only car Thurber says he is interested in?
(a) The Haddock.
(b) The Hammer.
(c) The Red Devil.
(d) The Sky Blue.

4. Why does Goerge dress up as Zenas?
(a) To scare grandfather.
(b) To put grandfather's mind at ease.
(c) To get a job.
(d) For an acting role.

5. Why does Aunt Melissa think she is destined to die on South High Street?
(a) She had a car accident there.
(b) She had a stroke there.
(c) She was born there.
(d) She saw a dead body there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say Old Aunt Melissa Beal can whistle like?

2. What destroys the REO?

3. What fell on Thurber's father?

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

5. What does Briggs like to keep by the side of his bed?

(see the answer key)

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