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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. What is the dandelion wine used for during the winter?
(a) Cure for the winter blues
(b) Medication
(c) Christmas presents
(d) To trade for other supplies

2. How often does Douglas spend the night with his grandparents?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Seven

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

4. How are the children taken back in time?
(a) Through joined belief
(b) Through hypnosis
(c) Through stories
(d) Through pictures

5. What does Douglas suggest he and Tom own together?
(a) Ice cream shop
(b) Happiness Machine
(c) Green Machine
(d) Gold mine

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo believe the Happiness Machine will quell?

2. What is considered Douglas and Tom's first rite of the summer?

3. What does Douglas offer to do to make up for the money he is short so that he will still be able to get the shoes?

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

5. What surprise does John have for Douglas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ritual does Douglas take comfort in that relates to the adults in his life?

3. What is Leo having a difficult time resolving in his own mind that he discusses albeit briefly with Douglas?

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

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

6. What portion of this section of the novel is the best example of the division between the elderly and the young?

7. What brings Douglas comfort after so many things that he loves have all changed and ended at once?

8. Describe a typical summer night for Douglas' family.

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

10. Why does Douglas' Grandfather become so upset at the idea of his neighbor replacing his grass with some that does not grow as fast?

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