2. What rite does Douglas perform on the third day of summer?
(a) Going for a nightly stroll
(b) Remounting the porch swing
(c) Buying a cigar at the cigar shop
(d) Building a happiness machine

3. Who does Douglas go hiking with?
(a) Clara
(b) Frank
(c) John
(d) Tom

4. Why does Douglas' sense of excitement become lackluster when he is with his friends?
(a) He cannot keep up with them
(b) They make fun of his shoes
(c) No one tlaks to him
(d) He likes their shoes more than his own

5. What does Leo deduce that he himself has been?
(a) Great inventor
(b) Fool
(c) At his happiest
(d) Relieved of a huge burdeon

6. What is considered Douglas and Tom's first rite of the summer?
(a) Picking fox grapes
(b) Collecting dandelions
(c) Going on a picnic in the forest
(d) Eating wild strawberries

7. What summer first does Grandfather look forward to and relish?
(a) Waking to the sound of a lawn mower
(b) Making dandelion wine
(c) Big family breakfasts
(d) The smell of flowers and the sounds of birds

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

9. How does Lena feel about the idea of the Happiness Machine?
(a) Surprised
(b) Excited
(c) Relieved
(d) Displeased

10. What does Tom say would not belong in a Happiness Machine?
(a) Fear
(b) The lonely one
(c) Ironing
(d) Ravine at night

11. What does Douglas test John on in the hopes that John will remember Douglas for a long time?
(a) Best memory they shared
(b) Eye color
(c) Type of sneaker
(d) Favorite food

12. What does Douglas like to think of John as?
(a) Obnoxious
(b) Serpant
(c) God
(d) Hero

13. In what state does this novel take place?
(a) Illinois
(b) Iowa
(c) Indiana
(d) Idaho

14. What does Leo have a difficult time resolving the dynamics between?
(a) Nature and Man
(b) Man and Woman
(c) Night and day
(d) Man and machine

15. How much does Grandfather pay the boys for the dandelions they collect?
(a) 5 cents per bag
(b) 25 cents per bag
(c) 10 cents per bag
(d) 1 cent per dandelion