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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas test John on in the hopes that John will remember Douglas for a long time?
(a) Eye color
(b) Best memory they shared
(c) Type of sneaker
(d) Favorite food

2. What did Mr. Bentley compare items from the past as?
(a) Toys
(b) Momentos
(c) Magic tricks
(d) Treasures

3. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?
(a) Calm
(b) Afraid
(c) Vulnerable
(d) Worried

4. Which of the following words means about the same thing as the word distilled as it is used in the following sentence? The distilled brew will serve the family well.
(a) Extracted
(b) Diluted
(c) Purified
(d) Collected

5. Which of the following characters is the conductor of the trolley?
(a) Frank
(b) Freeleigh
(c) Tridden
(d) Fern

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

7. Where does Tridden tell the boys the trolley used to ride for summer picnics?
(a) Library
(b) Bandstand
(c) Forest
(d) Lake

8. Where do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?
(a) Basement
(b) Church
(c) Porch
(d) Attic

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

10. What summer ritual do Douglas and Tom take part in?
(a) Eating ice cream
(b) Going to the movies
(c) Mowing the lawn
(d) Beating the rugs clean

11. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?
(a) Rites
(b) New Discoveries
(c) Cermonies
(d) Revelations

12. What is it about Helen Bentley that the children do not believe?
(a) That she dislikes summer
(b) That she is rich
(c) That she was once young
(d) That she can be mean

13. What does Mother send Tom to purchase?
(a) Iced tea
(b) Iron
(c) Cigars
(d) Ice cream

14. What does mother call the specter of death?
(a) Grim Reaper
(b) Lonely One
(c) Grim
(d) Odin

15. In what state does this novel take place?
(a) Illinois
(b) Idaho
(c) Indiana
(d) Iowa

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mrs. Bentley?

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

3. What does Leo believe machines end up being used for?

4. How often does Douglas spend the night with his grandparents?

5. What does Leo deduce that he himself has been?

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