Spoon River Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Spoon River Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was destroyed by his brother's ambition?
(a) Thomas Ross, Jr.
(b) Amos Sibley.
(c) Washington McNeely.
(d) Jim Brown.

2. How did Barry Holden kill someone?
(a) With his bare hands.
(b) With a shotgun.
(c) With a hatchet.
(d) With a knife.

3. Who was cut down in his prime due to overwork and anxiety?
(a) Walter Simmons.
(b) Jacob Godbey.
(c) Tom Beatty.
(d) Batterton Dobyns.

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

5. Where does The Unknown search?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Earth.
(c) Hades.
(d) The Hill.

6. What happened when Charlie French was hurt by a toy pistol?
(a) He retaliated by fighting the maker of the toy pistol.
(b) He could no longer use his hand.
(c) He contracted lock-jaw.
(d) His foot had to be removed.

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

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

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

10. What was the subject of Penniwit the Artist's best picture?
(a) A herd of cattle.
(b) Ida Chickens.
(c) The Hill.
(d) Judge Somers.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?

2. Whose sermons were burned as waste paper?

3. Why did no one in Spoon River like Dorcas Gustine?

4. Whom did Doris Williams marry?

5. What is an epitaph?

(see the answer keys)

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