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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Mrs. Bentley?
(a) 65
(b) 72
(c) 91
(d) 89

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

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

5. What does Helen Bentley purchase for a group of children?
(a) Rugs
(b) Candy
(c) Ice cream
(d) Sneakers

6. Which of the following words means about the same thing as the word distilled as it is used in the following sentence? The distilled brew will serve the family well.
(a) Extracted
(b) Diluted
(c) Collected
(d) Purified

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

8. What happens to Leo after he enters the kitchen and announces he finished the plans for the Happiness Machine?
(a) Celebrates
(b) Storms out of the house
(c) Faints
(d) Drinks

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

10. What do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?
(a) Happiness Machine
(b) Time Machine
(c) Green Machine
(d) Love Machine

11. How much does Grandfather pay the boys for the dandelions they collect?
(a) 5 cents per bag
(b) 10 cents per bag
(c) 1 cent per dandelion
(d) 25 cents per bag

12. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?
(a) Vulnerable
(b) Afraid
(c) Worried
(d) Calm

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

14. Which of the following characters first tried the machine after Leo announced it was finished?
(a) Douglas
(b) Saul
(c) Tom
(d) Lena

15. What happens when Leo tries the machine himself?
(a) It catches on fire
(b) It reduces him to tears
(c) It explodes
(d) It works perfectly

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Douglas go with his brother Tom and his Father?

2. Where do the men and boys gather on many of the summer nights?

3. 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?

4. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?

5. What do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta do to the Green Machine?

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