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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote an article on the intelligence of plants?
(a) Abel Melveny.
(b) Perry Zoll.
(c) Shack Dye.
(d) Dillard Sissman.

2. Who saw the countless wonders of God's creation all around him?
(a) Plymouth Rock Joe.
(b) Tennessee Claflin Slope.
(c) The Village Atheist.
(d) Scholfield Hurley.

3. What did Richard Bone do?
(a) Made coffins.
(b) Chiseled epitaphs.
(c) Dug graves.
(d) Drove a hearse.

4. What did Seth Compton build?
(a) The first restaurant in Spoon River.
(b) The Spoon River Library.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A family.

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

6. How long did Isaiah Beethoven discover he had to live?
(a) Less than one year.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

7. Of what did Aaron Hatfield speak?
(a) Eternal life.
(b) The mother of the Lord.
(c) The peasant boy from Galilee.
(d) Forgiveness.

8. Who always had the face of a boy?
(a) Charles Webster.
(b) Harlan Sewall.
(c) Ami Green.
(d) Father Malloy.

9. What did Jennie M'Grew have?
(a) An incredible ear for music.
(b) The faith of a child.
(c) Wisdom beyond her years.
(d) Second sight.

10. With what was Webster Ford infatuated?
(a) Delphic Apollo.
(b) God.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Judson Stoddard.

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

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

13. Why did Henry C. Calhoun want to avenge?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

14. Who or what did Lydia Humphrey love?
(a) The church.
(b) Joseph Dixon.
(c) The United States.
(d) Webster Ford.

15. Who is condemned by the church?
(a) Hog-eyed Allen.
(b) Flossie.
(c) John Cabanis.
(d) A transient who was passing through.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joseph Dixon tune?

2. What does the person condemned by the church do in retaliation?

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

4. Whom did Harlan Sewall repay?

5. What love of William Jones's made him beloved?

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