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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 sport does one of Thurber's colleagues help him to pass?

2. What does the agricultural student decide to take up?

3. What is the name of the grandfather's younger brother?

4. What Joseph Conrad character does Thurber reference in this section?

5. What does Thurber say he hears ringing in 1918?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in General Littlefield's office?

2. How do people try to avoid the army?

3. How does Mother respond to accusations that Muggs bites people?

4. Why does Vashti's lover leave her?

5. Why does Thurber say he is disappointed in the West Indies?

6. Summarize chapter six.

7. How does Muggs deal with mice?

8. Summarize chapter nine.

9. What problems does Father have with the servants?

10. How does Bassum try to help Bolenciecwcz pass his exams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Thurber's father's relationship with his sons? How does Thurber express the complexity of this relationship? How does Thurber's relationship with his father affect him?

Essay Topic 2

How does Thurber's poor eyesight affect his life? What kind of person do the students think Thurber would have been if he had better eyesight?

Essay Topic 3

How did Thuber's time at Ohio State influence his later life? What indications are there that Thurber did not enjoy university?

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