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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 does someone yell in the theater?
(a) Rape.
(b) Water.
(c) Dam.
(d) Fire.

2. How is Briggs Breal related to Thurber?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His first cousin.
(c) His second cousin.
(d) His nephew.

3. What continent did Zenas travel to?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Oceania.

4. What does Thurber say his grandmother and mother fear?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Rats.
(d) Cats.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dresses up as Zenas in this section?

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

3. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?

4. What are the residents worried will happen to them if they stay in Columbo?

5. What do Turber's family believe it is dangerous to use during storms?

(see the answer key)

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