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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26 - 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What season is it as the novel opens?
(a) Fall
(b) Summer
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

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

4. Which of the following characters believes that a sandwich outdoors tastes different from indoors?
(a) Father
(b) Tom
(c) Douglass
(d) Grandfather

5. What rite does Douglas perform on the third day of summer?
(a) Buying a cigar at the cigar shop
(b) Going for a nightly stroll
(c) Remounting the porch swing
(d) Building a happiness machine

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas' father speak about the wonders of?

2. What habit of Tom's gives Douglas an idea?

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

4. What does Douglas suggest they should build?

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

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