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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 48 - 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters believes that a sandwich outdoors tastes different from indoors?
(a) Douglass
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather
(d) Tom

2. What does Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?
(a) Unemployment
(b) Demons of human existence
(c) Unhappiness
(d) Death

3. What is the dandelion wine used for during the winter?
(a) To trade for other supplies
(b) Cure for the winter blues
(c) Christmas presents
(d) Medication

4. How old is Douglas at the beginning of this novel?
(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 10

5. What do Leo and Lena argue about?
(a) Movies
(b) Replacement grass that does not need to be mowed
(c) Life in Green Town
(d) Happiness Machine

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Douglas go while Grandfather takes Tom home?

3. 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.

4. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?

5. What does Tom do as Douglas is contemplating his thoughts about the Thing?

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