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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 140 - 154.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does this novel begin?
(a) 1910
(b) 1940
(c) 1928
(d) 1950

2. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?
(a) Ice cream cone
(b) Sneakers
(c) Jeans
(d) Candy

3. What surprise does John have for Douglas?
(a) He is getting married
(b) His father is dying
(c) He is moving
(d) He no longer wants to be Douglas's friend

4. What rite does Douglas perform on the third day of summer?
(a) Buying a cigar at the cigar shop
(b) Going for a nightly stroll
(c) Remounting the porch swing
(d) Building a happiness machine

5. Which of the following characters dies in this section of the novel?
(a) Colonel Freeleigh
(b) Douglas
(c) Bill Forester
(d) Elmira

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters below is seriously ill during this section of the novel?

2. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?

3. What does Mrs. Bentley feel was stolen away by the children not believing that she was once young and pretty?

4. What does Bill confess to Helen?

5. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?

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