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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stoner become immersed in a passion for as a college student?
(a) History.
(b) Partying.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Girls.

2. How long do Edith and Stoner have to try for a child?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

3. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) David Masters.

4. What does Edith inform Stoner she wants that surprises him in Chapter V?
(a) A job.
(b) A baby.
(c) A new home.
(d) A divorce.

5. What does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?
(a) Math.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) English.

6. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?
(a) The Titanic.
(b) The Lusitania.
(c) The Constantinople.
(d) The Columbiana.

7. What is the name of the city the protagonist's college is in?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Columbia.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) Pittsburgh.

8. How does Edith's father die in the book?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) A car wreck.
(d) He is shot.

9. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Shocked.

10. Who does the protagonist not tell about his decision to change his course of study in college?
(a) His sister.
(b) His friends.
(c) His parents.
(d) His brother.

11. What is the name of the book's author?
(a) Dan Brown.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) John Williams.

12. How does Sloane die in the book?
(a) In a car wreck.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Kills himself.
(d) He is shot.

13. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Unexceptional.

14. What does Edith do just after her and Stoner are married?
(a) Disappears.
(b) Cries.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Locks herself in a bathroom.

15. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edith lie in bed waiting for Stoner for hours in Chapter V?

2. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?

3. Who originally informs the protagonist about a new college program that he decides to partake in?

4. What does Stoner find a financial burden for him in Chapter VI?

5. What state is the protagonist from?

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