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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cassius Hueffer's headstone describe him?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Friendly.
(c) A warrior.
(d) Loving.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where did Daniel M'Cumber go?
(a) Europe.
(b) The city.
(c) No one knows.
(d) The ocean.

9. Whom did the Rev. Lemuel Wiley save from divorce?
(a) The Crouses.
(b) The Wards.
(c) The Blisses.
(d) The Pinkertons.

10. What language did Ida Chickens study?
(a) Irish.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

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

12. Who was born blind?
(a) Sarah Brown.
(b) Willard Fluke.
(c) Johnnie Sayre.
(d) Lois Spears.

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

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

15. For what was Roy Butler framed?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Rape.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins?

2. Into what did Mickey M'Grew fall?

3. Why was Chase Henry denied burial on holy ground?

4. Whose name was daily in the papers?

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

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