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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 does Helen invite Bill to her house to do?
(a) Drink tea
(b) Fix the fence
(c) Fix her sink
(d) Mow her grass

2. Who watches Douglas write in his tablet?
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Grandfather
(d) Tom

3. In what month does Helen tell Bill she will be dead soon?
(a) September
(b) August
(c) June
(d) July

4. Where does Charlie say the Lonely One grew up?
(a) Drug store
(b) Ravine
(c) Ice house
(d) Railroad tracks

5. Which of the characters below is seriously ill during this section of the novel?
(a) Douglas
(b) Jorge
(c) Colonel Freeleigh
(d) Grandfather

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Douglas join for ice cream at the drugstore?

2. What tool did Lavinia Nebbs use to kill the Lonely One?

3. Who comes to talk to Douglas about how some people feel things more than others?

4. Which of the following descriptions best matches what the children thought the Lonely One looked like?

5. What does the French word secours mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Douglas wonder about his own memories and how they can or do travel?

2. What are the different views on Helen's death and how it relates to happy endings by Douglas and Tom?

3. How does Douglas help Grandmother to be able to return to the excellent cook she always was before Aunt Rose came?

4. What is unique about Mr. Jonas' business with the junkyard wagon and horse?

5. How did Douglas finish his tablet entry and when did he make the decision to finish the entry in this manner?

6. What do the various bottles of dandelion wine that were bottled from June and July represent to Douglas?

7. Describe the scene where Elmira confronts Clara and how Clara reacts.

8. How does Tom keep an eye on Mr. Black so that Douglas and Tom can rescue Mme. Tarot?

9. How does Great-grandma tell Douglas that she will always be with him, even for a thousand years?

10. How can Douglas tell that Bill is devastated by Helen's death?

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