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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 Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?
(a) Unhappiness
(b) Death
(c) Demons of human existence
(d) Unemployment

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

3. What makes Lena furious about the time Leo spent working on the Happiness Machine?
(a) That he ignored her complaints
(b) That he missed his child's special events
(c) That he wasted so many days
(d) The emotional turmoil it caused the family

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

5. What does Douglas offer to do to make up for the money he is short so that he will still be able to get the shoes?
(a) Advertises with his friends about the shoes
(b) Collects dandelions
(c) Runs errands
(d) Cleans the store

Short Answer Questions

1. What summer first does Grandfather look forward to and relish?

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

3. Where is Father after Tom returns home with Grandfather?

4. In what year does this novel begin?

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

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