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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age was Nellie Clark's innocence taken?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Sixteen.

3. Who had terrible dreams?
(a) Justice Arnett.
(b) Julia Miller.
(c) Flossie Cabanis.
(d) Zenas Witt.

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

5. What celebrated public figure is buried in an unmarked grave?
(a) Minerva Jones.
(b) Kinsey Keene.
(c) Judge Somers.
(d) Frank Drummer.

6. What did Eugenia Todd see the destructiveness of?
(a) Money.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Thwarted love.
(d) Hypocrisy.

7. Where was Russian Sonia from?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

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

9. What party did John Cabanis lead?
(a) The liberal party.
(b) The Republican party.
(c) The Democratic party.
(d) The conservative party.

10. What did Widow McFarlane do for the village?
(a) Watch children.
(b) Weave carpets.
(c) Bake pies.
(d) Clean houses.

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

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

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

14. Who tried to memorize the Encyclopedia Britannica?
(a) Frank Drummer.
(b) Butch Weldy.
(c) Ruben Pantier.
(d) Daisy Fraser.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a resident of Spoon River steal blankets?

2. What was Searcy Foote's murder weapon?

3. What language did Ida Chickens study?

4. Where does The Unknown search?

5. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?

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