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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Night the Ghost Got In.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Thurber say he grew up as a boy?
(a) New York.
(b) Charlottesville.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Which member of the Thurber family usually sleeps in the attic?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) James.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Peter.

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

4. What is the name of grandfather's dead brother?
(a) Zenas.
(b) Morpheus.
(c) Dipper.
(d) Kevin.

5. What does Father think will one day happen to the REO?
(a) It wil be stolen.
(b) It turn over.
(c) It will explode.
(d) It will roll down a hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say the ghost causes?

2. What is the name of Thurber's younger brother?

3. What does Herman sometimes do in his sleep?

4. What is the name of Thurber's next door neighbors?

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

(see the answer key)

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