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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 signals for the tourists to get back to the ship?

2. Where do the family bury Muggs?

3. What does Thurber say he is tempted to do at the end of the novel?

4. What word best describes Bassum's character?

5. Who calls Thurber the main trouble with this university?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Thurbers do with Muggs when he dies?

2. Why does Thurber claim that even Lord Jim found it difficult to run away?

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

4. How do people try to avoid the army?

5. What problems does Father have with the servants?

6. What does Thurber claim happen to all men from Columbus who try to travel?

7. Why does Muggs stop entering the house?

8. How does the mood if the book change in this chapter?

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

10. Summarize the book.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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