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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 155 - 179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are the major themes of this section?
(a) Relief and happiness
(b) Death and fear
(c) Perseverence and friendship
(d) Life and death

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

3. Where does Lavinia go after the movie?
(a) To Helen's house
(b) Alone through the ravine
(c) She stays at the movie theater
(d) Alone through the town

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

5. Where do the boys go to get icicles?
(a) Helen's house
(b) Drug store
(c) Ice house
(d) Refrigerator

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Douglas go hiking with?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Douglas' mood when Lavina and Francine passed him?

3. What color is associated with the trolley?

4. What does Douglas wonder?

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

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