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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 188 - 204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following doesn't Helen show to the children?
(a) Hairpiece
(b) Ring
(c) Childhood picture
(d) Wedding picture

2. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?
(a) Rugs
(b) Candy
(c) Sneakers
(d) Ice cream

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

4. What does the French word secours mean?
(a) Help
(b) Life
(c) Hope
(d) Death

5. What is the dandelion wine used for during the winter?
(a) Medication
(b) Christmas presents
(c) To trade for other supplies
(d) Cure for the winter blues

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Great-grandma hold up to use with Douglas to explain?

2. How does the nurse hope to prevent Colonel Freeleigh from making any more phone calls?

3. In what year does this novel begin?

4. How old was Helen in the picture that she shows to the children?

5. What summer ritual do Douglas and Tom take part in?

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