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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Father after Tom returns home with Grandfather?
(a) In bed
(b) Sitting on the porch
(c) Lodge meeting
(d) Looking for Douglas

3. How does Lena feel about the idea of the Happiness Machine?
(a) Excited
(b) Surprised
(c) Displeased
(d) Relieved

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Douglas believe will happen if he gets new sneakers?

5. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?

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