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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?
(a) Art Wilson.
(b) Ed Handby.
(c) George Willard.
(d) Belle Carpenter.

2. How does Ed make George feel at the end of "An Awakening"?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Empowered.
(d) Confused.

3. When George goes to his wife after kicking her out, what does he say it takes for him to forgive her?
(a) For her to give him his money back.
(b) Nothing makes him forgive her.
(c) For her to touch him.
(d) For her to cry.

4. What does the author say makes it difficult for people to understand Jesse?
(a) His hand writing.
(b) Different Bible translations.
(c) The farm is lost.
(d) Industrialization.

5. Why does Jesse come to the family farm?
(a) He drops out of school.
(b) His mother is lonely.
(c) His father is ill.
(d) All his brothers die in the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesse turn to as an explanation for everything?

2. Who says they are a "fool" to marry their wife?

3. What does Ed do when George interrupts his marriage proposal to Belle?

4. Why is it Jesse's fault his wife dies?

5. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?

(see the answer key)

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