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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 140 - 154.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Charlie and John take Douglas to see?
(a) Ice cream machine
(b) Happiness machine
(c) Life machine
(d) Time machine

3. Which of the following doesn't Helen show to the children?
(a) Hairpiece
(b) Childhood picture
(c) Wedding picture
(d) Ring

4. In what month does Helen tell Bill she will be dead soon?
(a) July
(b) August
(c) September
(d) June

5. What event helps to resolve the differences between Clara and Elmira?
(a) Fall down the stairs
(b) Illness
(c) Election to the president
(d) Special brew

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elmira prepare for the election day at the lodge?

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

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

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

5. What does Bill confess to Helen?

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