4. How did Amanda Barker's husband kill her?
(a) By scaring her, causing a heart attack.
(b) By stabbing her.
(c) By impregnating her.
(d) By poisoning her.

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

6. Where did Doc Hill pour out his love?
(a) His wife.
(b) His career.
(c) His son.
(d) The town.

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

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

9. What is an epitaph?
(a) A speech given at a funeral.
(b) A poem or other writing about a deceased person.
(c) A spiritual revelation.
(d) A satirical or witty poem or phrase.

10. Who was crushed by a falling carriage?
(a) Hon. Henry Bennett.
(b) Blind Jack.
(c) State's Attorney Fallas.
(d) The Circuit Judge.

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

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

13. Whose boat never left harbor?
(a) Griffy the Cooper.
(b) George Gray.
(c) Herbert Marshal.
(d) Barney Hainsfeather.

14. What did John Horace Burleson win?
(a) George Reece's horse.
(b) The prize essay at school.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) A trip to Chicago.

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