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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thurber say Old Aunt Melissa Beal can whistle like?
(a) A man.
(b) A tin whistle.
(c) A dog.
(d) A train.

2. What is the name of the town's doctor?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Mallory.
(c) George.
(d) Yankov.

3. Which member of the family dislikes the REO?
(a) Rex.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) Herman.

4. Who does Thurber wake up to ask about New Jersey towns?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Herman.
(d) Roy.

5. Who does Father threaten to get?
(a) Buck.
(b) Dave.
(c) Ricky.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the letter Thurber quotes from in this section?

2. What does Grandfather say he recommended over the REO?

3. How is Briggs Breal related to Thurber?

4. What destroys the REO?

5. What does Thurber say it is almost necessary to throw around?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aunt Grace try to get rid of burglars every evening?

2. What does Thurber say about earthquakes in this chapter?

3. How did the rumor that the dam had broken start?

4. How do the family have to start the old REO?

5. How does Roy scare his father?

6. How does Father react to Thurber coming into his room at 3 am?

7. How does Thurber's mother get overexcited in this chapter?

8. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

9. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

10. How does Grandfather react when the police break into his room?

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