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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?
(a) Calm
(b) Worried
(c) Afraid
(d) Vulnerable
2. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?
(a) Man and machine
(b) Nature and Man
(c) Man and Woman
(d) Night and day
3. What is mother doing while Tom sits by the front door screen?
(a) Sewing
(b) Cooking
(c) Ironing
(d) Sweeping
4. How fast does the Green machine travel?
(a) 20 mph
(b) 15 mph
(c) 5 mph
(d) 30 mph
5. Which of the following terms is an antonym for the term jubilant?
(a) Euphoric
(b) Triumphant
(c) Delighted
(d) Disappointed
Short Answer Questions
1. 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.
2. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?
3. Where do many of the women work and chat on the summer nights?
4. How many parts does Douglas decide to keep track of his summer in?
5. What do Leo and Lena argue about?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?
2. Describe how Douglas feels as he completes the task for his grandfather and describe what the tasks are.
3. Based on Tom's habit of keeping statistics, what idea does Douglas implement himself?
4. What portion of this section of the novel is the best example of the division between the elderly and the young?
5. What does the beating of the rugs symbolize to Douglas and Tom both?
6. What is Leo having a difficult time resolving in his own mind that he discusses albeit briefly with Douglas?
7. Describe a typical summer night for Douglas' family.
8. How and why is Colonel Freeleigh a real time machine, though not a mechanical contraption?
9. What new revelation does Douglas come to by dividing up his summer?
10. Which brother seems more like the father and in what way do they seem to be the same?
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