3. Why did Hannah Armstrong contact President Lincoln?
(a) To thank him for his work.
(b) About taxes.
(c) To discover his favorite meal.
(d) About an Army discharge.

4. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?
(a) Lydia Humphrey.
(b) Elijah Browning.
(c) Zilpha Marsh.
(d) Arlo Will.

5. Who returns to Spoon River in The Spooniad?
(a) Flossie.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Jefferson.

6. Whom do the people want to see lynched as The Spooniad ends?
(a) Nicholas Bindle.
(b) John Cabanis.
(c) Hog-Eyed Allen.
(d) Bengal Mike.

7. What was the name of Rebecca Wasson's husband?
(a) Avery.
(b) Paul.
(c) John.
(d) Michael.

8. What did Alfonzo Churchill study?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Geology.
(c) Latin.
(d) Philosophy.

9. What did Silas Dement burn down?
(a) Spoon River School.
(b) Jonathon Houghton's barn.
(c) Spoon River Church.
(d) Spoon River Courthouse.

10. Where did Lucinda Matlock's husband see the activity of human life?
(a) In schools of fish.
(b) In the life of a spider.
(c) In an ant farm.
(d) In a beehive.

11. Why did Harlan Sewall repay someone?
(a) For friendship.
(b) For giving him goods on credit.
(c) For healing him.
(d) For sparing his life.

12. Who or what did Henry C. Calhoun seek to punish?
(a) Judge Somers.
(b) Dippold the Optician.
(c) The jury who convicted him.
(d) Spoon River.

13. What did Edith Conant lament?
(a) Change.
(b) The death of her husband.
(c) Never leaving Spoon River.
(d) Dying alone.

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

15. What happened to Henry Tripp when the bank broke?
(a) He no longer had a mortgage.
(b) He lost his savings.
(c) He lost his farm.
(d) He lost his job.