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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 48 - 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is considered Douglas and Tom's first rite of the summer?
(a) Eating wild strawberries
(b) Collecting dandelions
(c) Picking fox grapes
(d) Going on a picnic in the forest

2. What does Douglas question about his friends?
(a) When they will come to a new sense of being
(b) Why they seem more alive
(c) Why they do not want to spend time with him
(d) How they will spend the summer

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

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

5. Which of the following words would Douglas use to describe Green Town?
(a) Unpredictable
(b) Magical
(c) Routine
(d) Surprising

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Forrester plan on doing that bothers Grandfather greatly?

2. How much more money does Douglas need to buy the new sneakers himself?

3. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?

4. How old is Douglas at the beginning of this novel?

5. What does Douglas offer to do to make up for the money he is short so that he will still be able to get the shoes?

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