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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas wonder?
(a) Why Bill and Helen weren't married
(b) What happened to happy endings
(c) Why people must grow older
(d) Why Helen had to die

2. What does Tom represent according to Elmira as she takes him with her to the lodge?
(a) Sanity
(b) Eternity
(c) Peace
(d) Innocence

3. What types of books does Sam Brown say that Clara Goodwater ordered?
(a) Ones of a sexual nature
(b) Ones on witchcraft
(c) Ones on WWI
(d) Ones on traveling

4. What does Douglas help his grandfather store?
(a) Pictures and other momentos
(b) Cans of food
(c) Bottles of dandelion wine
(d) Bottles of water

5. What does Aunt Rose buy for Grandma?
(a) Herbs
(b) Pans
(c) Dishes
(d) Cookbook

6. What feelings does Douglas hope to reconcile?
(a) Those between life and death
(b) Those about the Lonely One
(c) Those for his friend John
(d) Those for his family

7. Which of the following characters does Great-grandma summon first?
(a) Tom
(b) Father
(c) Douglas
(d) Grandfather

8. Who takes the phone away from Colonel Freeleigh?
(a) Nurse
(b) Douglas
(c) Elmira
(d) Clara

9. How old was Helen in the photo Bill found of her in the paper?
(a) 20
(b) 15
(c) 25
(d) 18

10. What does Douglas use as a light as he writes down his reflections in his tablet?
(a) Flashlight
(b) Candle
(c) Fireflies
(d) Lamp

11. Where does Lavinia go after the movie?
(a) She stays at the movie theater
(b) Alone through the ravine
(c) Alone through the town
(d) To Helen's house

12. Where does Douglas go while Tom returns to the arcade?
(a) Home
(b) Ravine
(c) Drug store
(d) Library

13. Which of the following adjectives best describe Douglas' reflections on his summer experiences?
(a) Somber
(b) Reflective
(c) Jubilant
(d) Despondent

14. What doesGgreat-grandma decide that she knows it is time for?
(a) To write her memoirs
(b) To move into aretirement home
(c) To move in with her grandchildren
(d) To die

15. Which of the following describes the style of Grandmother's kitchen under normal circumstances?
(a) Sensible
(b) Chaotic
(c) Comfortable
(d) Organized

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Douglas join for ice cream at the drugstore?

2. Which of the following characters believes that the night should proceed as planned?

3. How hot does the thermometer say the house is?

4. How does the nurse hope to prevent Colonel Freeleigh from making any more phone calls?

5. Which of the following characters is an active, spry woman in her nineties?

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