3. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?
(a) Sounds of the crickets
(b) Brother's love
(c) Adults' presence and chatter
(d) Catching lightning bugs

4. How old was Helen in the picture that she shows to the children?
(a) 25
(b) 10
(c) 18
(d) 7

5. What emotion does Douglas feel once John leaves?
(a) Rage
(b) Humor
(c) Sadness
(d) Surprise

6. What does the Happiness Machine actually result in?
(a) Conflict
(b) Happiness
(c) Longing
(d) Relief

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

8. What does Mother send Tom to purchase?
(a) Iced tea
(b) Ice cream
(c) Cigars
(d) Iron

9. How is Frank related to Miss Fern and Miss Roberta?
(a) Cousin
(b) Son
(c) Brother
(d) Father

10. What rite does Douglas perform on the third day of summer?
(a) Remounting the porch swing
(b) Building a happiness machine
(c) Going for a nightly stroll
(d) Buying a cigar at the cigar shop

11. How many days does Leo spend working on the Happiness Machine?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 15

12. What does mother call the specter of death?
(a) Grim
(b) Grim Reaper
(c) Odin
(d) Lonely One

13. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?
(a) The lonely one
(b) Fear
(c) Ravine at night
(d) Ironing

14. Which of the following are the major themes of this section?
(a) Relief and happiness
(b) Life and death
(c) Perseverence and friendship
(d) Death and fear

15. How fast does the Green machine travel?
(a) 20 mph
(b) 30 mph
(c) 15 mph
(d) 5 mph