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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 223 - 239.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Mr. Jonas hold?
(a) Traveling salesman
(b) Gypsy
(c) Junkyard wagon
(d) Pharmacist

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

3. Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between Elmira Brown and Clara Goodwater?
(a) Lovers
(b) Enemies
(c) Friends
(d) Sisters

4. Which of the following characters did the Green Machine run over?
(a) Quartermain
(b) Douglas
(c) Freeleigh
(d) Tom

5. What does Douglas wonder?
(a) Why Bill and Helen weren't married
(b) What happened to happy endings
(c) Why Helen had to die
(d) Why people must grow older

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Elmira's major faults?

2. How old is Douglas at the beginning of this novel?

3. What do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?

4. Where do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?

5. What does mother call the specter of death?

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