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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Lena make sure is happening before she sends for the fire department?
(a) A hose is nearby
(b) The machine is burning well
(c) Saul and Leo are far from the machine
(d) Leo is safe
2. What does Douglas like to think of John as?
(a) God
(b) Hero
(c) Serpant
(d) Obnoxious
3. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?
(a) Man and Woman
(b) Night and day
(c) Nature and Man
(d) Man and machine
4. What surprise does John have for Douglas?
(a) He is moving
(b) His father is dying
(c) He is getting married
(d) He no longer wants to be Douglas's friend
5. How many days does Leo spend working on the Happiness Machine?
(a) 10
(b) 5
(c) 20
(d) 15
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?
2. What color is associated with the trolley?
3. What do Leo and Lena argue about?
4. What does Douglas question about his friends?
5. What makes Lena furious about the time Leo spent working on the Happiness Machine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the accident with Mr. Quartermain distress Miss Fern and Miss Roberta so much?
2. What can be said that Leo has tampered with when he follows through on building the Happiness Machine?
3. Name two examples where Douglas tried to cling to something in order to control destiny or change.
4. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?
5. Describe how Douglas feels as he completes the task for his grandfather and describe what the tasks are.
6. Based on Tom's habit of keeping statistics, what idea does Douglas implement himself?
7. Which brother seems more like the father and in what way do they seem to be the same?
8. Why is Frank confused at the message that Douglas gives to him to relay to his sisters?
9. What great secret does Douglas believe his father and Tom have already realized?
10. Describe, in detail, the major themes focused on within this section of reading.
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