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) Jim Brown.
(c) Washington McNeely.
(d) Amos Sibley.

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

3. How did Harold Arnett die?
(a) A bar fight.
(b) Old age.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) His wife poisoned his potatoes.

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

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

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

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

8. To what animal does Robert Fulton Tanner compare man?
(a) Fly.
(b) Snake.
(c) Rat.
(d) Spider.

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

10. Who killed Yee Bow?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The minister.
(c) The sheriff's wife.
(d) The minister's son.

11. Whom did John M. Church defend?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Widows.
(c) Orphans.
(d) Insurance companies.

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

13. What hit Johnnie Sayre?
(a) A carriage.
(b) A horse and rider.
(c) A train.
(d) A tractor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins?

2. Whose boat never left harbor?

3. Who was cut down in his prime due to overwork and anxiety?

4. Into what did Mickey M'Grew fall?

5. How did Pauline Barrett die?

(see the answer keys)

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