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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 223 - 239.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom use to help determine the weather?
(a) Crickets
(b) Fireflies
(c) Beetles
(d) Cicadas

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

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

4. Which category of his summer did Douglas decide remounting the porch swing with his grandfather fell into?
(a) Cermonies
(b) Rites
(c) New Discoveries
(d) Revelations

5. What chore has Great-grandma always done for the family?
(a) Cooking dinner
(b) Sewing the clothes that are torn
(c) Repairing the roof shingles
(d) Charting the family history

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo deduce that he himself has been?

2. What does Lena make sure is happening before she sends for the fire department?

3. How old was Helen in the picture that she shows to the children?

4. Where do many of the women work and chat on the summer nights?

5. What happens when Leo tries the machine himself?

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