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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a Spoon River resident find God reacted to being cursed?
(a) God killed his wife.
(b) God paid no attention.
(c) God killed him.
(d) God caused a flood.

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

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

4. Who killed Tom Merritt?
(a) His wife's lover.
(b) His wife.
(c) His lover's husband.
(d) His lover.

5. Who was the Sunday school superintendent?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) John Wasson.
(c) Calvin Campbell.
(d) Lyman King.

6. With what did Russell Kincaid have a kinship?
(a) An apple tree.
(b) A horse.
(c) A clock.
(d) An rose bush.

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

8. Who believed a close friend or relative must speak to God on your behalf if you die having always rejected Him?
(a) Joseph Dixon.
(b) Le Roy Goldman.
(c) Aaron Hatfield.
(d) James Garber.

9. Whose work did Thomas Trevelyan read?
(a) Sophocles'.
(b) Thomas Aquinas's.
(c) Dante's.
(d) Ovid's.

10. What did William H. Herndon see in his memory?
(a) The future.
(b) Figures of the past.
(c) His regrets.
(d) All that he wished he could be.

11. What did Hiram Scates run for president of?
(a) State Board.
(b) United States of America.
(c) County Board.
(d) School Board.

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

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

14. Who died the same week as Daisy Fraser?
(a) Granville Calhoun.
(b) Peleg Poague.
(c) Jeduthan Hawley.
(d) Oaks Tutt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Wasson's wife?

2. In what did Mabel Osborne see her life?

3. What did Jennie M'Grew have?

4. Where did Lucinda Matlock's husband see the activity of human life?

5. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?

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