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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. In what did Mabel Osborne see her life?
(a) A discarded banana peel.
(b) Gray dish water.
(c) A drooping geranium.
(d) Unfolded laundry.

2. Who died the same week as Daisy Fraser?
(a) Peleg Poague.
(b) Granville Calhoun.
(c) Jeduthan Hawley.
(d) Oaks Tutt.

3. Who died and left his beloved behind, bidding her to be brave?
(a) Charles Webster.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Harlan Sewall.
(d) Father Malloy.

4. What did Jennie M'Grew have?
(a) Wisdom beyond her years.
(b) The faith of a child.
(c) An incredible ear for music.
(d) Second sight.

5. Whom did Doris Williams marry?
(a) No one.
(b) A pastor.
(c) A cheat.
(d) A drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a vegetarian and free-thinker?

2. Who was the laughing stock of Spoon River?

3. Who enlarged ambrotypes of pioneers?

4. What stands on the lot where James Garber walked to work every day?

5. What did Eugenia Todd see the destructiveness of?

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