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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Zilpha Marsh-Webser Ford.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Nellie Clark's innocence taken?
(a) Eight.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

2. Whom did Barry Holden kill?
(a) His pregnant wife.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

3. What did Dippold the Optician see eyeglass lenses as a metaphor for?
(a) Relationships between spouses.
(b) Truth.
(c) Faith.
(d) Spiritual understanding.

4. How long did Isaiah Beethoven discover he had to live?
(a) Three months.
(b) One year.
(c) Less than one year.
(d) Six months.

5. Who or what did Henry C. Calhoun seek to punish?
(a) Dippold the Optician.
(b) Spoon River.
(c) The jury who convicted him.
(d) Judge Somers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stirred "vibrations" in Spoon River?

2. How did Pauline Barrett die?

3. What did Hiram Scates run for president of?

4. What did Richard Bone do?

5. With what was Webster Ford infatuated?

(see the answer key)

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