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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did A. D. Blood kill Oscar Hummel?
(a) A stick.
(b) A plank of wood.
(c) A rock.
(d) A pitchfork.

2. Who ran away from home with the circus?
(a) Sam Hookey.
(b) Flossie Cabanis.
(c) Lucius Atherton.
(d) Cooney Potter.

3. For whom did Daniel M'Cumber never return?
(a) Mary McNeely.
(b) Mrs. Sibley.
(c) Amelia Garrick.
(d) Georgine Sand Miner.

4. Who betrayed Josiah Tompkins?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

5. What is the name of Amanda Barker's husband?
(a) Harry.
(b) Chase.
(c) Carey.
(d) Henry.

6. Who said that love is to find your own soul through the soul of another?
(a) Ida Chickens.
(b) Elsa Wertman.
(c) Amelia Garrick.
(d) Mary McNeely.

7. Who was destroyed by his brother's ambition?
(a) Jim Brown.
(b) Thomas Ross, Jr.
(c) Amos Sibley.
(d) Washington McNeely.

8. Whose children did Constance Hately raise?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her cousin's.
(c) Her neighbor's.
(d) Her sister's.

9. Where was Charlie French hurt by a toy pistol?
(a) His elbow.
(b) His cheek.
(c) His hand.
(d) His foot.

10. To what animal does Robert Fulton Tanner compare man?
(a) Spider.
(b) Snake.
(c) Fly.
(d) Rat.

11. Whom is Hod Putt buried next to?
(a) Robert Fulton Tanner.
(b) Old Bill Piersol.
(c) Amanda Barker.
(d) Ollie McGee.

12. What did George Trimble talk about?
(a) Free gold.
(b) Free silver.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Free land.

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

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

15. How did Hod Putt die?
(a) He was hanged.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He died of consumption.
(d) He was robbed and shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Doc Hill pour out his love?

2. Who was crushed by a falling carriage?

3. Where did Daniel M'Cumber go?

4. Whose children were a success while he was a failure?

5. How did Barry Holden kill someone?

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