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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 makes Lena furious about the time Leo spent working on the Happiness Machine?
(a) That he missed his child's special events
(b) That he wasted so many days
(c) The emotional turmoil it caused the family
(d) That he ignored her complaints

2. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?
(a) At the movie house
(b) In front of the cigar shop
(c) Next to the ravine
(d) On the neighbor's porch

3. What does Douglas suggest they should build?
(a) Grape and wine picking machine
(b) Happiness machine
(c) New wine press
(d) Cigar cutter

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do many of the women work and chat on the summer nights?

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

3. Where does Douglas go with his brother Tom and his Father?

4. What does the Happiness Machine actually result in?

5. Why does Douglas' sense of excitement become lackluster when he is with his friends?

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