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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. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?

2. What does Douglas question about his friends?

3. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?

4. What does Helen do with most of her possessions after deciding to live only in the present?

5. What does Douglas' father speak about the wonders of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what ways was the fact that change is difficult for children reinforced in this section of the novel?

5. What ritual does Douglas take comfort in that relates to the adults in his life?

6. Why does Lena become reduced to tears after she uses the Happiness Machine that Leo built?

7. How does Helen Bentley attempt to prove to the children that she was indeed once a child?

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

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

10. What is Leo having a difficult time resolving in his own mind that he discusses albeit briefly with Douglas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Death is an ongoing issue which must be dealt with throughout the novel. Describe the similarities and differences between how the children dealt with death and how the adults did. Make connections between this and your own personal experience.

Essay Topic 3

What does the end of the summer mark for Douglas? Do you believe that this change was for the positive or negative? Why do you feel that way?

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