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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 surprise does John have for Douglas?
(a) His father is dying
(b) He is getting married
(c) He no longer wants to be Douglas's friend
(d) He is moving

2. 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

3. Who witnessed the event where the Green Machine ran over the someone?
(a) Colonel Freeleigh
(b) Douglas
(c) Frank
(d) Tom

4. Where does Douglas record his time traveling encounter?
(a) Diary
(b) Scrapbook
(c) No where
(d) Tablet

5. What does Grandfather need to press with the dandelions Douglas and his brother collect?
(a) Mint leaves
(b) Fox grapes
(c) Wild strawberries
(d) Fresh rainwater

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. Who does Douglas go hiking with?

3. How much does Grandfather pay the boys for the dandelions they collect?

4. Why does Mother grow anxious when Tom returns from the store?

5. How many days does Leo spend working on the Happiness Machine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Douglas convince the shoe store owner to give him the new shoes and how does this process help the shoe store owner himself?

2. What do Douglas and his father experience very differently and provide one example of how they see the same event quite differently?

3. Why does Douglas believe that he must get new sneakers to keep his new found sense of aliveness?

4. Why did the accident with Mr. Quartermain distress Miss Fern and Miss Roberta so much?

5. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?

6. Based on Tom's habit of keeping statistics, what idea does Douglas implement himself?

7. What does the Green Machine offer to Miss Fern and Miss Roberta that is suddenly taken away after the accident?

8. What brings Douglas comfort after so many things that he loves have all changed and ended at once?

9. Why does Douglas' Grandfather become so upset at the idea of his neighbor replacing his grass with some that does not grow as fast?

10. What new revelation does Douglas come to by dividing up his summer?

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