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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 long does the writer write for when he gets out of bed and starts writing?
(a) One day.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One hour.

2. What does Elizabeth do when she goes in George's room and sits by his desk?
(a) She reads his notes.
(b) She prays.
(c) She sleeps.
(d) She cleans his drawers.

3. When does George visit Dr. Parcival?
(a) George visits the doctor for lunch each week.
(b) George visits the doctor every morning for a month.
(c) George only sees the doctor at the saloon.
(d) George visits the doctor once a month.

4. Where does Wing live during his youth?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Maryland.

5. What does the woman Dr. Reefy marries leave him when she dies?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her cat.
(d) Her farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the danger of the writer's subject matter?

2. Who says they are "too greedy for glory"?

3. Why does Alice join the Winesburg Methodist Church?

4. How does Jesse feel about David's disappearance at the end of this story?

5. Where does Louise tell George to wait?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does George decide to not ask Wing about his hands?

2. How does Elmer feel about his family?

3. Why does Ed Handby want to get married?

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

5. What does Jesse feel David's coming means?

6. What does Joe tell George about decay in "A Man of Ideas"?

7. What does the drunken stranger say about women and love to Tom and Tandy?

8. The day that Kate is not in her room in "The Strength of God", what is the Reverend's sermon about?

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

10. Why is Reverend Curtis' sermon different after the first time he sees Kate?

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