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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 64 - 79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Candy
(c) Rugs
(d) Sneakers

2. What does Mother send Tom to purchase?
(a) Cigars
(b) Iced tea
(c) Iron
(d) Ice cream

3. How does the children's disbelief make Helen feel?
(a) Amused
(b) Suprised
(c) Relieved
(d) Upset

4. What is Tom relieved by when they return home?
(a) The sound of his father returning
(b) The ice cream he purchased
(c) Mother's cooking
(d) Douglas' sweat

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Douglas use to begin to appreciate his surroundings?

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

4. What summer ritual do Douglas and Tom take part in?

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

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