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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. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?
(a) Ice cream cone
(b) Sneakers
(c) Jeans
(d) Candy
2. 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) Eye color
(d) Best memory they shared
3. What does Douglas suggest he and Tom own together?
(a) Gold mine
(b) Happiness Machine
(c) Ice cream shop
(d) Green Machine
4. In what state does this novel take place?
(a) Iowa
(b) Idaho
(c) Illinois
(d) Indiana
5. Which of the following characters first tried the machine after Leo announced it was finished?
(a) Lena
(b) Saul
(c) Douglas
(d) Tom
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it about Helen Bentley that the children do not believe?
2. What summer ritual do Douglas and Tom take part in?
3. What divides Green Town into two?
4. Which of the following characters believes that a sandwich outdoors tastes different from indoors?
5. Why can't any of the children or towsnpeople remember a young Mrs. Bentley?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe, in detail, the major themes focused on within this section of reading.
2. Which brother seems more like the father and in what way do they seem to be the same?
3. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?
4. What ruins Douglas' zest for life and desire to take in every new detail?
5. What portion of this section of the novel is the best example of the division between the elderly and the young?
6. Based on Tom's habit of keeping statistics, what idea does Douglas implement himself?
7. How did Helen overcome her exasperation at the children not being able to accept the fact that she was once young?
8. Why does Lena become reduced to tears after she uses the Happiness Machine that Leo built?
9. Why is Frank confused at the message that Douglas gives to him to relay to his sisters?
10. What new revelation does Douglas come to by dividing up his summer?
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