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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. How old is Mrs. Bentley?
(a) 89
(b) 91
(c) 65
(d) 72
2. What divides Green Town into two?
(a) River
(b) Railroad tracks
(c) Mountain
(d) Ravine
3. What summer ritual do Douglas and Tom take part in?
(a) Eating ice cream
(b) Going to the movies
(c) Mowing the lawn
(d) Beating the rugs clean
4. What does Douglas find contentment in on Grandfather's porch?
(a) Brother's love
(b) Adults' presence and chatter
(c) Sounds of the crickets
(d) Catching lightning bugs
5. Which of the following is not something Leo Auffmann is known for?
(a) Inventor
(b) Jeweler
(c) Cigar shop owner
(d) Movie projectionist
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Leo after he enters the kitchen and announces he finished the plans for the Happiness Machine?
2. What does Tom do as Douglas is contemplating his thoughts about the Thing?
3. What does Helen do with most of her possessions after deciding to live only in the present?
4. Why can't any of the children or towsnpeople remember a young Mrs. Bentley?
5. Which of the following characters first tried the machine after Leo announced it was finished?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the overall tone of the opening of this novel and why do you believe that is the case?
2. What revelation does Leo come to after the Happiness Machine burns?
3. Why does Douglas suggest that he and John spend the time alone in a haystack doing nothing?
4. What brings Douglas comfort after so many things that he loves have all changed and ended at once?
5. How does Leo rationalize to a displeased Lena that the Happiness Machine is a necessity?
6. Why is Frank confused at the message that Douglas gives to him to relay to his sisters?
7. How and why is Colonel Freeleigh a real time machine, though not a mechanical contraption?
8. What ritual does Douglas take comfort in that relates to the adults in his life?
9. What can be said that Leo has tampered with when he follows through on building the Happiness Machine?
10. Why did the accident with Mr. Quartermain distress Miss Fern and Miss Roberta so much?
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