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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. How does Aunt Grace claim she scares off burglars?

2. What does the grandfather steal from one of the policeman?

3. What does Roy shout in his father's ear?

4. What do the Columbus believe has broken?

5. What is the name of Thurber's younger brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe how the family erupts into chaos in the first chapter.

5. How did the town react to their mistake about the burst dam?

6. How did the REO meet its end?

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

8. What is Briggs's nervous condition?

9. How does Thurber react when he hears the ghost?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Thurber's opinion on black pride? How does he express his opinion?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences between fiction and non-fiction in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

Essay Topic 3

What are Thurber's opinions on war and the military? How does he express these opinions?

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