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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Spooniad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?
(a) Carl Sandburg.
(b) Edgar Lee Masters.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

2. How tall was Judge Selah Lively?
(a) Six foot two.
(b) Two foot six.
(c) Four foot two.
(d) Five foot two.

3. What happened when Charlie French was hurt by a toy pistol?
(a) He retaliated by fighting the maker of the toy pistol.
(b) He contracted lock-jaw.
(c) His foot had to be removed.
(d) He could no longer use his hand.

4. Whom did Harlan Sewall repay?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) Mabel Osborne.
(c) Ippolit Konovaloff.
(d) The unknown one.

5. Who killed Yee Bow?
(a) The minister's son.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The sheriff's wife.
(d) The minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What party did John Cabanis abandon?

2. Where did Archibald Higbie move to?

3. Whom is Hod Putt buried next to?

4. Why did no one in Spoon River like Dorcas Gustine?

5. Whom did the Rev. Lemuel Wiley save from divorce?

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