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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nobody Knows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during the spring after the tall, dark girl marries Dr. Reefy?
(a) The girl loses her money.
(b) The girl gives birth.
(c) The doctor leaves the girl.
(d) The girl dies.

2. Why does a carpenter come to the writer's house?
(a) To fix his window.
(b) To install a new floor.
(c) To raise his bed.
(d) To build a shelf.

3. Where does Louise tell George to wait?
(a) By William's barn.
(b) By the picket fence.
(c) In the potato patch.
(d) Behind the saloon.

4. What body part does Wing use to help him talk?
(a) His hands.
(b) His head.
(c) His arms.
(d) His mouth.

5. What does George say he has set forth upon when he goes to find Louise?
(a) A life of lonliness.
(b) An adventure.
(c) A chase.
(d) A path of crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Wing forgets about his hands?

2. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?

3. How does George feel at the end of the story when he is at the drug store?

4. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?

5. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?

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