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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lena feel about the idea of the Happiness Machine?
(a) Surprised
(b) Excited
(c) Displeased
(d) Relieved

2. What does Douglas like to think of John as?
(a) Hero
(b) Serpant
(c) God
(d) Obnoxious

3. How many parts does Douglas decide to keep track of his summer in?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 5

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

5. What do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?
(a) Love Machine
(b) Happiness Machine
(c) Time Machine
(d) Green Machine

6. How old is Mrs. Bentley?
(a) 91
(b) 72
(c) 65
(d) 89

7. Why does Mother grow anxious when Tom returns from the store?
(a) Douglas is not home yet
(b) Father is not home yet
(c) She believes she forgot to unplug the iron
(d) The Lonely One is around

8. How often does Douglas spend the night with his grandparents?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Seven
(d) Two

9. What is mother doing while Tom sits by the front door screen?
(a) Ironing
(b) Cooking
(c) Sweeping
(d) Sewing

10. What does Grandfather need to press with the dandelions Douglas and his brother collect?
(a) Mint leaves
(b) Wild strawberries
(c) Fresh rainwater
(d) Fox grapes

11. Which of the following terms is an antonym for the term jubilant?
(a) Triumphant
(b) Euphoric
(c) Delighted
(d) Disappointed

12. Where does Douglas record his time traveling encounter?
(a) Tablet
(b) No where
(c) Diary
(d) Scrapbook

13. Why can't any of the children or towsnpeople remember a young Mrs. Bentley?
(a) It was too long ago
(b) She is new to town
(c) She is older than everyone else
(d) She was never young

14. What does Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?
(a) Unemployment
(b) Death
(c) Demons of human existence
(d) Unhappiness

15. Where does Douglas go while Grandfather takes Tom home?
(a) Leo's house
(b) Ravine
(c) Movie house
(d) Friends house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?

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

3. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?

4. How is Frank related to Miss Fern and Miss Roberta?

5. Where does Tridden tell the boys the trolley used to ride for summer picnics?

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