My Life and Hard Times Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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My Life and Hard Times Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Roy put under the car to simulate catastrophe?
(a) Plates.
(b) Milk bottles.
(c) Kitchen utensils.
(d) Books.

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

4. What is a Victrola?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A record player.
(c) A vintage wine.
(d) A musical.

5. What kind of car do the family own?
(a) An REO.
(b) A cadillac.
(c) A mini.
(d) A station wagon.

6. Where in the house does Thurber hear someone walking around?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The sitting room.

7. What is the name of the town Thurber struggles to recall?
(a) Regal Line.
(b) Perth Amboy.
(c) Kingston.
(d) Teeming Springs.

8. What does the grandfather say is run by a passel of blockheads?
(a) The government.
(b) The university.
(c) The federal union.
(d) The army.

9. How long does it take for Columbus to get back to normal?
(a) Two days.
(b) A day.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

10. How do the locals get the grandfather out of the town?
(a) The knock him out.
(b) They bribe him.
(c) They promise him his favorite meal.
(d) They tell him his wife is waiting.

11. Who try to calm the fleeing residents?
(a) The local government.
(b) The shop keepers.
(c) The ecologists.
(d) The army.

12. Why does the Victrola annoy father?
(a) There is no volume control.
(b) The sound is scratchy.
(c) The speakers crackle.
(d) It keeps playing the same parts of the song.

13. What does Herman sometimes do in his sleep?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Gurgle.
(c) Sing.
(d) Hiccup.

14. What does Roy shout in his father's ear?
(a) Left, right, left, right. Halt.
(b) Buck, your time has come.
(c) The aliens are coming.
(d) What is that coming through the door.

15. What did Zenas die from?
(a) The dust bowl.
(b) The coconut blight.
(c) The chestnut blight.
(d) The chicken storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thurber say the ghost causes?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. Why do the family have to push start the car?

4. What destroys the REO?

5. What does Father think will one day happen to the REO?

(see the answer keys)

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