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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 64 - 79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season is it as the novel opens?
(a) Spring
(b) Fall
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

2. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?
(a) Catching lightning bugs
(b) Sounds of the crickets
(c) Adults' presence and chatter
(d) Brother's love

3. What does Tom do as Douglas is contemplating his thoughts about the Thing?
(a) Jumps on him for a fight
(b) Steals his bucket full of fruit
(c) Runs away and calls for Douglas to chase him
(d) Knocks over his bucket full of fruit

4. What does Douglas suggest they should build?
(a) Cigar cutter
(b) New wine press
(c) Happiness machine
(d) Grape and wine picking machine

5. What does the Happiness Machine actually result in?
(a) Relief
(b) Happiness
(c) Conflict
(d) Longing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters first tried the machine after Leo announced it was finished?

3. How old is Douglas at the beginning of this novel?

4. 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.

5. Where does Douglas go with his brother Tom and his Father?

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