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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who stole blankets?
(a) Editor Whedon.
(b) Clarence Fawcett.
(c) Eugene Carman.
(d) Mrs. Purkapile.

7. Where did Ida Chickens attend lectures?
(a) The Spoon River Public Library.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Chautauqua.

8. Whom did Searcy Foote murder?
(a) Cousin Polly.
(b) Uncle Percy.
(c) Aunt Persis.
(d) Grandmother Persephone.

9. With whom was Rosie Roberts angry?
(a) The military.
(b) A. D. Blood.
(c) Hortense Robbins.
(d) The crooked police.

10. Who was a vegetarian and free-thinker?
(a) Alexander Throckmorton.
(b) Professor Newcomer.
(c) Mrs. Kessler.
(d) W. Lloyd Garrison Standard.

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

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

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

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

15. What was Andy's job?
(a) Night-Watch.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Tax collector.
(d) Grave digger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Yee Bow?

2. To what animal does Robert Fulton Tanner compare man?

3. Who took Nellie Clark's innocence?

4. Whose name was daily in the papers?

5. With how many memories did Fiddler Jones die?

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