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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, More Alarms at Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thurber's mother oppose the idea of Turber's father sleeping in the attic?
(a) There are rats.
(b) It is too cold.
(c) The bed is unsafe.
(d) He will disturb everyone everytime he uses the bathroom.

2. What enters Thurber's house on 17. November, 1915?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A monster.
(c) A rat.
(d) A phantom.

3. What is the only thing Thurber is wearing when the police arrive?
(a) His underwear.
(b) A sarong.
(c) A dressing gown.
(d) A towel.

4. Who does Grandfather think the police are?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Deserters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of his mother's clothes does Thurber put on before he speaks to the police?

2. What do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?

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

4. What is a Victrola?

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

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