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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 Dr. Reefy doing when the tall, dark girl comes to see him?
(a) Cleaning up blood.
(b) Writing on a scrap of paper.
(c) Putting a bandage on a woman.
(d) Pulling a tooth.

2. Who tells David a joke every morning?
(a) Jesse.
(b) His aunt.
(c) Louise.
(d) A farmhand.

3. How does Louise Bently describe her relationship with Jesse's farm?
(a) Memorable.
(b) Relaxing.
(c) Worthless.
(d) Toxic.

4. Where does Dr. Parcival move from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Omaha.

5. When Ned can't find work in Cleveland, where does he go?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Back to Winesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elizabeth is a girl, how does she startle the people of Winesburg?

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

3. How are the doctor's knuckles described?

4. What does Joe do for a living?

5. Where does Wing live during his youth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tom and his grandmother move to Winesburg?

2. What does Dr. Parcival tell George about his book?

3. What makes Jesse believe that the other farmers are enemies of God?

4. In the fourth part of "Godliness", what does Jesse purchase and why?

5. On the night of the storm, what happens between Kate and George?

6. How does Enoch's life change when he is twenty-one?

7. What does Elizabeth and George watch happen in the alley?

8. What does Alice realize when she gets home after the night she runs naked in the rain?

9. Why is Joe planting grass seed?

10. What makes Wash say that "all women are dead, even when they are alive"?

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