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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do the men and boys gather on many of the summer nights?
(a) Porches
(b) Ravine
(c) Meadow
(d) Kitchens

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather need to press with the dandelions Douglas and his brother collect?

2. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?

3. How many parts does Douglas decide to keep track of his summer in?

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

5. What does Tom do as Douglas is contemplating his thoughts about the Thing?

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