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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Father after Tom returns home with Grandfather?
(a) Sitting on the porch
(b) Looking for Douglas
(c) In bed
(d) Lodge meeting

2. Where do Douglas, his grandfather and brother meet Leo?
(a) Next to the ravine
(b) At the movie house
(c) On the neighbor's porch
(d) In front of the cigar shop

3. What is mother doing while Tom sits by the front door screen?
(a) Ironing
(b) Sewing
(c) Sweeping
(d) Cooking

4. How old is Mrs. Bentley?
(a) 72
(b) 89
(c) 65
(d) 91

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes how Miss Fern and Miss Roberta feel?

2. What does Mrs. Bentley feel was stolen away by the children not believing that she was once young and pretty?

3. Which of the following terms is an antonym for the term jubilant?

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

5. How many parts does Douglas decide to keep track of his summer in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Douglas believe that he must get new sneakers to keep his new found sense of aliveness?

2. What can be said that Leo has tampered with when he follows through on building the Happiness Machine?

3. Why is Frank confused at the message that Douglas gives to him to relay to his sisters?

4. What ruins Douglas' zest for life and desire to take in every new detail?

5. Why does Douglas suggest that he and John spend the time alone in a haystack doing nothing?

6. How did Helen overcome her exasperation at the children not being able to accept the fact that she was once young?

7. What revelation does Leo come to after the Happiness Machine burns?

8. What do Douglas and his father experience very differently and provide one example of how they see the same event quite differently?

9. Which brother seems more like the father and in what way do they seem to be the same?

10. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?

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