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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. Why did a resident of Spoon River steal blankets?
(a) To sell.
(b) To pay a doctor's bill.
(c) To keep warm.
(d) To trade for food.

2. What did Alfonzo Churchill study?
(a) Geology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Latin.
(d) Astronomy.

3. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?
(a) Zilpha Marsh.
(b) Elijah Browning.
(c) Lydia Humphrey.
(d) Arlo Will.

4. What poem describes the Spoon River Cemetery?
(a) "Spoon River Cemetery."
(b) "Ollie McGee."
(c) "The Hill."
(d) "The Cemetery."

5. Where did Aaron Hatfield speak?
(a) Spoon River Town Square.
(b) Concord Church.
(c) Spoon River Church.
(d) Springfield Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what did Washington McNeely rest?

2. What saved Alfred Moir's soul?

3. What did Thomas Rhodes seek?

4. Why did Hannah Armstrong contact President Lincoln?

5. When did Hamlet Micure have visions?

(see the answer key)

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