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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men and boys gather on many of the summer nights?
(a) Ravine
(b) Meadow
(c) Kitchens
(d) Porches

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

3. How does Tom feel as he and his mother approach the ravine?
(a) Calm
(b) Vulnerable
(c) Afraid
(d) Worried

4. What is it about Helen Bentley that the children do not believe?
(a) That she is rich
(b) That she was once young
(c) That she dislikes summer
(d) That she can be mean

5. Which of the following descriptions best matches what the children thought the Lonely One looked like?
(a) Tall, pale with dark hair
(b) Short, dark with light hair
(c) Tall, dark skin, and light hair
(d) Chubby and red-faced

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is the conductor of the trolley?

2. Who does Douglas go hiking with?

3. How old is Helen Loomis?

4. What is going to replace the trolley?

5. Why can't any of the children or towsnpeople remember a young Mrs. Bentley?

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