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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Barry Holden kill?
(a) His pregnant wife.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His neighbor.

2. How did Pauline Barrett die?
(a) She died because she could not reach the surgeon in time.
(b) She died from an infection after surgery.
(c) She died in surgery.
(d) She killed herself.

3. Whom is Chase Henry buried next to?
(a) A nun.
(b) A wealthy banker.
(c) The town drunkard.
(d) A priest.

4. Under what did Washington McNeely rest?
(a) A birch tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A cedar tree.
(d) A maple tree.

5. Whose name was daily in the papers?
(a) Mrs. Bandle.
(b) Hortense Robbins.
(c) Rosie Roberts.
(d) Widow McFarlane.

6. With whose beliefs did Jefferson Howard fight valiantly?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) Rev. Lemuel Wiley's.

7. Who was the village poetess?
(a) Mrs. Benjamin Pantier.
(b) Minerva Jones.
(c) Emily Sparks.
(d) Lydia Puckett.

8. What was Searcy Foote's murder weapon?
(a) Shotgun.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Knife.
(d) Chloroform.

9. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Edgar Lee Masters.
(c) Carl Sandburg.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

10. Who burned down Nancy Knapp's house?
(a) Pauline Barrett.
(b) Franklin Jones.
(c) Nancy Knapp.
(d) Wendell P. Bloyd.

11. Who cared for Paul McNeely?
(a) Jane.
(b) Anne.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kate.

12. Under what kind of tree did Conrad Siever work?
(a) Peach.
(b) Apple.
(c) Pear.
(d) Mango.

13. Into what did Mickey M'Grew fall?
(a) Roy Butler's silo.
(b) The mine.
(c) A well.
(d) The water tower.

14. What did Thomas Rhodes seek?
(a) Earth's treasures.
(b) True love.
(c) The truth.
(d) Eternal life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sermons were burned as waste paper?

2. Where did Ida Chickens attend lectures?

3. How did Amanda Barker's husband kill her?

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

5. Who shot the Marshal?

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