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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father do at 9.30pm?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. What is the name of the street the Thurbers are living on in this section?

4. What continent did Zenas travel to?

5. What do the Columbus believe has broken?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thurber say happened to Zenas?

3. How did people react to the claim the dam had burst?

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

5. Who was General Meade?

6. How does Mother get the neighbor's attention?

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

8. Why does Mother oppose Father sleeping in the attic?

9. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

10. How does Roy scare his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How accurate do the students think Thurber's representation of World War drafting is? How does he change his representation so it fits in with the story's themes?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Civil War change American society? How does Thurber express these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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