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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stands against the plan to overthrow the conservative party?
(a) Hog-eyed Allen.
(b) Nicholas Bindle.
(c) Jefferson Howard.
(d) John Cabanis.

2. What did Alfonzo Churchill find in his studies?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Spiritual enlightenment.
(d) Knowledge.

3. Who died and left his beloved behind, bidding her to be brave?
(a) Father Malloy.
(b) Charles Webster.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) Harlan Sewall.

4. What did Joseph Dixon tune?
(a) Violins and cellos.
(b) Guitars and pianos.
(c) Harps and pianos.
(d) Flutes.

5. Where did Ippolit Konovaloff work?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Spoon River.

6. What plant did Calvin Campbell wonder about?
(a) Poison oak.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Moss.
(d) Roses.

7. Who is killed in the fight after all the votes have been cast?
(a) Flossie.
(b) John Cabanis.
(c) Bengal Mike.
(d) Hog-eyed Allen.

8. Who is sent by the liberal party to intimidate voters?
(a) Jefferson Howard.
(b) Hog-eyed Allen.
(c) Bengal Mike.
(d) A. D. Blood.

9. Where did Aaron Hatfield speak?
(a) Concord Church.
(b) Springfield Church.
(c) Spoon River Town Square.
(d) Spoon River Church.

10. What is the relationship between John Cabanis and the person who returns to Spoon River in The Spooniad?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Childhood friends.
(c) Brother-sister.
(d) Father-daughter.

11. What does the person condemned by the church do in retaliation?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Burn the courthouse down.
(c) Burn the church down.
(d) Throw a dance.

12. What saved Alfred Moir's soul?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A book.
(c) A sunrise.
(d) Love.

13. What did Felix Schmidt lose to Christian Dallman?
(a) His five-acre plot.
(b) His life savings.
(c) His team of horses.
(d) His wife.

14. What love of William Jones's made him beloved?
(a) Nature.
(b) Conversation.
(c) God.
(d) Books.

15. Where did Gustav Richter work long days?
(a) His farm.
(b) The streets.
(c) The bank.
(d) His hot-houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent by the conservative party to intimidate voters?

2. Who always had the face of a boy?

3. Whose work did Thomas Trevelyan read?

4. How did Elizabeth Childers lose a child?

5. Why did Henry C. Calhoun want to avenge?

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