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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the several-times mayor of Spoon River?
(a) John Horace Burleson.
(b) Sersmith the Dentist.
(c) A. D. Blood.
(d) Hon. Henry Bennett.

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

3. Whom is Chase Henry buried next to?
(a) A wealthy banker.
(b) A nun.
(c) The town drunkard.
(d) A priest.

4. At what age was Nellie Clark's innocence taken?
(a) Eight.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Sixteen.

5. Whom did the Rev. Lemuel Wiley save from divorce?
(a) The Pinkertons.
(b) The Wards.
(c) The Crouses.
(d) The Blisses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Daniel M'Cumber go?

2. Whose children were a success while he was a failure?

3. How did Ollie and Fletcher feel about each other?

4. Who was tarred and feathered?

5. Who was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Cabanis say did NOT contribute to his decision to leave the conservative party to lead the liberal party?

2. Several residents in the section beginning with Fiddler Jones and ending with Mrs. George Reece are one-life minded souls. What does this mean and who are they?

3. How are the one-life minded souls like the fools in the "Spoon River Anthology"?

4. Why does Masters introduce some honorable characters in the section beginning with Conrad Siever and ending with Cooney Potter?

5. Give three examples of one-life minded souls, and explain how each is one-life minded.

6. What is inspiring about Lois Spears?

7. How is the Circuit Judge's sense of justice skewed?

8. Explain the relationship between Hamilton Greene and Elsa Wertman.

9. Explain the relationship between Mrs. George Reece and Alexander Pope.

10. Why is Andy the Night-Watch considered a quiet hero?

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