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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the several-times mayor of Spoon River?
(a) John Horace Burleson.
(b) A. D. Blood.
(c) Hon. Henry Bennett.
(d) Sersmith the Dentist.

2. Whose sermons were burned as waste paper?
(a) Abner Peet.
(b) Judge Somers.
(c) Lemuel Wiley.
(d) Jonas Keene.

3. Whose children were a success while he was a failure?
(a) Paul McNeely.
(b) Albert Schirding.
(c) Jonas Keene.
(d) Ernest Hyde.

4. Why did no one in Spoon River like Dorcas Gustine?
(a) She spoke her mind.
(b) She did not attend church services.
(c) She lived with a man without being married.
(d) She wore pants.

5. Who was tarred and feathered?
(a) Tom Beatty.
(b) Alexander Throckmorton.
(c) Jonathon Swift Somers.
(d) Carl Hamblin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Sunday school superintendent?

2. How did Hod Putt die?

3. Who is sent by the liberal party to intimidate voters?

4. How long did Isaiah Beethoven discover he had to live?

5. What did Jennie M'Grew have?

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