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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Douglas at the beginning of this novel?
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 15

2. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?
(a) Man and Woman
(b) Nature and Man
(c) Night and day
(d) Man and machine

3. How much more money does Douglas need to buy the new sneakers himself?
(a) One dollar and ten cents
(b) Twenty-five cents
(c) Fifty cents
(d) One dollar

4. What does Leo believe machines end up being used for?
(a) Surprises
(b) Happiness
(c) Angry purposes
(d) Destructive purposes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?

2. What does Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?

3. In what state does this novel take place?

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

5. What does mother call the specter of death?

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