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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) Displeased
(b) Relieved
(c) Surprised
(d) Excited
2. What does Lena make sure is happening before she sends for the fire department?
(a) Saul and Leo are far from the machine
(b) Leo is safe
(c) The machine is burning well
(d) A hose is nearby
3. Which of the following is not something Leo Auffmann is known for?
(a) Inventor
(b) Movie projectionist
(c) Cigar shop owner
(d) Jeweler
4. What is the dandelion wine used for during the winter?
(a) Christmas presents
(b) Medication
(c) Cure for the winter blues
(d) To trade for other supplies
5. What does Douglas offer to do to make up for the money he is short so that he will still be able to get the shoes?
(a) Collects dandelions
(b) Runs errands
(c) Advertises with his friends about the shoes
(d) Cleans the store
6. Where do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?
(a) Porch
(b) Attic
(c) Church
(d) Basement
7. What does Douglas question about his friends?
(a) Why they seem more alive
(b) When they will come to a new sense of being
(c) How they will spend the summer
(d) Why they do not want to spend time with him
8. What does Douglas suggest they should build?
(a) New wine press
(b) Cigar cutter
(c) Grape and wine picking machine
(d) Happiness machine
9. Where does the trolley conductor take the boys on the last day the trolley is to run?
(a) Home
(b) Regular stop
(c) Lake
(d) Trolley station
10. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?
(a) Night and day
(b) Nature and Man
(c) Man and machine
(d) Man and Woman
11. Which of the following are the major themes of this section?
(a) Life and death
(b) Death and fear
(c) Relief and happiness
(d) Perseverence and friendship
12. What happens when Leo tries the machine himself?
(a) It works perfectly
(b) It reduces him to tears
(c) It explodes
(d) It catches on fire
13. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?
(a) The lonely one
(b) Ravine at night
(c) Ironing
(d) Fear
14. What is Tom relieved by when they return home?
(a) Douglas' sweat
(b) Mother's cooking
(c) The ice cream he purchased
(d) The sound of his father returning
15. What does Bill Forrester plan on doing that bothers Grandfather greatly?
(a) Hire Douglas to cut his grass
(b) Move out of the town
(c) Replace his grass with some that does not need to be mowed
(d) Plant trees blocking Grandfather's view of the property
Short Answer Questions
1. What season is it as the novel opens?
2. What does Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?
3. How does Douglas feel about the trolley being retired?
4. How much more money does Douglas need to buy the new sneakers himself?
5. What surprise does John have for Douglas?
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