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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Leo Auffmann is known for?
(a) Jeweler
(b) Cigar shop owner
(c) Movie projectionist
(d) Inventor

2. What does the Happiness Machine actually result in?
(a) Happiness
(b) Longing
(c) Relief
(d) Conflict

3. Why can't any of the children or towsnpeople remember a young Mrs. Bentley?
(a) It was too long ago
(b) She is new to town
(c) She was never young
(d) She is older than everyone else

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

5. What summer first does Grandfather look forward to and relish?
(a) Big family breakfasts
(b) The smell of flowers and the sounds of birds
(c) Making dandelion wine
(d) Waking to the sound of a lawn mower

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?

2. Where does Douglas go with his brother Tom and his Father?

3. What season is it as the novel opens?

4. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?

5. What does Douglas' father speak about the wonders of?

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