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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 80 - 96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas' father speak about the wonders of?
(a) Animals
(b) Nature
(c) Life
(d) Death

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

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

4. Why does Douglas' sense of excitement become lackluster when he is with his friends?
(a) He cannot keep up with them
(b) He likes their shoes more than his own
(c) They make fun of his shoes
(d) No one tlaks to him

5. Who witnessed the event where the Green Machine ran over the someone?
(a) Tom
(b) Colonel Freeleigh
(c) Douglas
(d) Frank

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Forrester plan on doing that bothers Grandfather greatly?

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

3. In what year does this novel begin?

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

5. What are jackstones?

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