2. What does Thurber have to talk Mother out of doing?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Breaking another window.
(c) Going downstairs.
(d) Jumping from the window.

3. What does Thurber do in this chapter when he is unable to sleep?
(a) List Italian gangsters.
(b) List New Jersey towns.
(c) Count sleep.
(d) List Italian baseball players.

4. What is the name of the street the Thurbers are living on in this section?
(a) Elm Street.
(b) Amsterdam Avenue.
(c) Lexington Avenue.
(d) Ockville Street.

5. What war was Zenas trying to avoid?
(a) The War of Independence.
(b) World War One
(c) The Boer War.
(d) The Civil War.

6. What does Mallory confuse with the sound of rushing waters?
(a) A child's scream.
(b) Rolling skates.
(c) Drums.
(d) Laughter.

7. What part of Columbus is beyond danger?
(a) The East Side.
(b) The South Side.
(c) The West Side.
(d) The North Side.

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

9. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) The Mild Mannered Boar.
(b) The Joke.
(c) More Alarms at Night.
(d) Who is Buck?

10. What does Thurber say his mother enjoys?
(a) Seeing the ghost.
(b) Arguing with Mr. Bodwell.
(c) Breaking the window.
(d) Telling a joke.

11. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) The Night the Ghost Got In.
(b) The Rocking Chair.
(c) The Day the Dam Broke.
(d) Good Night Lovely.

12. What do Herman and Thurber slam against the thing coming up the stairs?
(a) A tennis racket.
(b) A door.
(c) A plank.
(d) A baseball bat.

13. Who does Father lock in the bedroom?
(a) Mother.
(b) James.
(c) Herman.
(d) Roy.

14. What is Aunt Sarah afraid will happen if she falls asleep?
(a) A burglar will come into the house.
(b) She will cease breathing.
(c) She will have a stroke.
(d) A rat will eat her.

15. Who does Thurber recall in chapter six?
(a) The immortals.
(b) The munsters.
(c) The popes.
(d) The teachers.