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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Lena feel about the idea of the Happiness Machine?
(a) Excited
(b) Displeased
(c) Surprised
(d) Relieved
2. Which of the following did Lena not see when she was in the Happiness Machine?
(a) Sounds of music
(b) Life without Leo
(c) Images of Europe
(d) Smell of perfume
3. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?
(a) Sneakers
(b) Ice cream
(c) Rugs
(d) Candy
4. Where is Father after Tom returns home with Grandfather?
(a) Looking for Douglas
(b) Sitting on the porch
(c) Lodge meeting
(d) In bed
5. What do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta do to the Green Machine?
(a) Put it in the garage
(b) Give it to Douglas
(c) Disconnect the battery
(d) Destroy it
6. Where do the men and boys gather on many of the summer nights?
(a) Meadow
(b) Kitchens
(c) Ravine
(d) Porches
7. What is considered Douglas and Tom's first rite of the summer?
(a) Picking fox grapes
(b) Eating wild strawberries
(c) Going on a picnic in the forest
(d) Collecting dandelions
8. What did Mr. Bentley compare items from the past as?
(a) Momentos
(b) Toys
(c) Magic tricks
(d) Treasures
9. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?
(a) Brother's love
(b) Catching lightning bugs
(c) Sounds of the crickets
(d) Adults' presence and chatter
10. What is mother doing while Tom sits by the front door screen?
(a) Cooking
(b) Ironing
(c) Sewing
(d) Sweeping
11. What does the Happiness Machine actually result in?
(a) Relief
(b) Conflict
(c) Longing
(d) Happiness
12. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?
(a) Ironing
(b) Ravine at night
(c) Fear
(d) The lonely one
13. Which of the following terms is an antonym for the term jubilant?
(a) Delighted
(b) Triumphant
(c) Disappointed
(d) Euphoric
14. What does Douglas test John on in the hopes that John will remember Douglas for a long time?
(a) Favorite food
(b) Eye color
(c) Type of sneaker
(d) Best memory they shared
15. Which of the following characters believes that a sandwich outdoors tastes different from indoors?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Douglass
(c) Father
(d) Tom
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Douglas' father speak about the wonders of?
2. How is Frank related to Miss Fern and Miss Roberta?
3. What does Tom do as Douglas is contemplating his thoughts about the Thing?
4. What does Douglas like to think of John as?
5. What does Lena make sure is happening before she sends for the fire department?
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