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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?

2. Where do Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide?

3. What is the dandelion wine used for during the winter?

4. What rite does Douglas perform on the third day of summer?

5. How does Douglas feel about the trolley being retired?

Short Essay Questions

1. What great secret does Douglas believe his father and Tom have already realized?

2. Describe how Douglas feels as he completes the task for his grandfather and describe what the tasks are.

3. How do Tom's fears come to surround him, make him feel, and expand into his imagination?

4. Why does Douglas suggest that he and John spend the time alone in a haystack doing nothing?

5. What does the beating of the rugs symbolize to Douglas and Tom both?

6. Describe, in detail, the major themes focused on within this section of reading.

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

8. How did Helen overcome her exasperation at the children not being able to accept the fact that she was once young?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do characters throughout the novel use their imagination to make themselves happier? Use specific examples from the novel to support your answers. Do you believe this is a healthy way to live? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe the author of this novel chose the title Dandelion Wine? Do you believe it is an appropriate title for the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many things change in this novel. Provide details describing how both the adults and children handle change in the novel. Use specific details from the novel to support your description.

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