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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Thurber enter the army?
(a) He has bad hearing.
(b) He has a bad back.
(c) He has bad knees.
(d) He has bad eyesight.

2. Where does the grandfather practice with the electric runabout?
(a) Franklin Park.
(b) Jellystone Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Lincoln Park.

3. What does Thurber say he is tempted to do at the end of the novel?
(a) Go back to Columbus.
(b) Drown himself.
(c) Rob a bank.
(d) Stay in the West Indies.

4. What does Thurber say about the event at Thurber's house?
(a) It is not fun.
(b) It will come clear later.
(c) It is too near to deal with.
(d) It is covered in his next book.

5. What is the name of Vashti's fiance?
(a) James.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Charley.
(d) Davis.

6. What does the agricultural student decide to take up?
(a) Law.
(b) Athletics.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Farming.

7. In what part of his life does Thurber say he suffered?
(a) The early years.
(b) The teenage years.
(c) The middle years.
(d) The later years.

8. What Joseph Conrad character does Thurber reference in this section?
(a) Lord Jim.
(b) Kurtz.
(c) Charles Marlow.
(d) Nostromo.

9. What is Dora doing when the police arrive?
(a) Shooting a gun.
(b) Beating her lover.
(c) Barricading her room.
(d) Talking to her mother on the phone.

10. Which white boxer does Thurber reference?
(a) Jim Jefferies.
(b) Jack Johnson.
(c) Max Emery.
(d) Henry Boston,

11. What is the name of the doctor that Thurber helps?
(a) Ridgeway.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Eggins.

12. What does Thurber say the agricultural student is puzzled by?
(a) The radio.
(b) The newspapers.
(c) The television.
(d) The typewriter.

13. Who does Thurber describe as a prankster?
(a) Byron Landis.
(b) Horatio Dennis.
(c) Scarlet Tornado.
(d) James Gordon.

14. What university did Thurber attend?
(a) Princeton.
(b) New York State.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Ohio State.

15. What two people are part of Vashti's love triangle?
(a) A chauffer and a stepfather.
(b) A policeman and a husband.
(c) A footman and a fireman.
(d) A astronaut and a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Thurber visit one summer?

2. What problems does Mugs have shortly before his death?

3. What actor does Thurber talk about in this chapter six?

4. Who does Dora Gedd injure in her bedroom?

5. What does Thurber call the contraption that Mother uses to call in Muggs?

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