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

2. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?
(a) Ironing
(b) The lonely one
(c) Fear
(d) Ravine at night

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

4. In what year does this novel begin?
(a) 1928
(b) 1940
(c) 1910
(d) 1950

5. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?
(a) Catching lightning bugs
(b) Adults' presence and chatter
(c) Brother's love
(d) Sounds of the crickets

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?

2. Where do many of the women work and chat on the summer nights?

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

4. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?

5. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?

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