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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. Where is Father after Tom returns home with Grandfather?
(a) Lodge meeting
(b) In bed
(c) Looking for Douglas
(d) Sitting on the porch

4. What does Leo deduce that he himself has been?
(a) At his happiest
(b) Great inventor
(c) Relieved of a huge burdeon
(d) Fool

5. Which of the following characters believes that a sandwich outdoors tastes different from indoors?
(a) Tom
(b) Father
(c) Douglass
(d) Grandfather

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

7. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?
(a) New Discoveries
(b) Cermonies
(c) Rites
(d) Revelations

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

9. Where do many of the women work and chat on the summer nights?
(a) Forest
(b) Porches
(c) Meadows
(d) Kitchens

10. What is it about Helen Bentley that the children do not believe?
(a) That she was once young
(b) That she is rich
(c) That she can be mean
(d) That she dislikes summer

11. What does Douglas test John on in the hopes that John will remember Douglas for a long time?
(a) Favorite food
(b) Type of sneaker
(c) Best memory they shared
(d) Eye color

12. How often does Douglas spend the night with his grandparents?
(a) Seven
(b) One
(c) Five
(d) Two

13. What is Tom relieved by when they return home?
(a) Douglas' sweat
(b) The ice cream he purchased
(c) The sound of his father returning
(d) Mother's cooking

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

15. Which of the following terms is an antonym for the term jubilant?
(a) Delighted
(b) Disappointed
(c) Euphoric
(d) Triumphant

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Douglas record his time traveling encounter?

2. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?

3. What color is associated with the trolley?

4. What does Douglas question about his friends?

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

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