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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. How did Jacob Goodpasture lose his son?
(a) A bar fight.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Building a railway.
(d) The war.

2. How did Barry Holden kill someone?
(a) With a shotgun.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With a hatchet.
(d) With his bare hands.

3. Into what did Mickey M'Grew fall?
(a) The water tower.
(b) Roy Butler's silo.
(c) A well.
(d) The mine.

4. Who was a vegetarian and free-thinker?
(a) W. Lloyd Garrison Standard.
(b) Alexander Throckmorton.
(c) Professor Newcomer.
(d) Mrs. Kessler.

5. Whom is Hod Putt buried next to?
(a) Robert Fulton Tanner.
(b) Amanda Barker.
(c) Old Bill Piersol.
(d) Ollie McGee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eugenia Todd see the destructiveness of?

2. Whom did Barry Holden kill?

3. What is the name of Ollie McGee's husband?

4. With whose beliefs did Jefferson Howard fight valiantly?

5. Where did Daniel M'Cumber go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three residents of Spoon River who are considered failures in the section from Conrad Siever to Cooney Potter. Why is each considered a failure?

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

3. Explain the relationship between Harmon Whitney and the other residents of Spoon River. Why did this relationship exist?

4. What tone does The Hill set at the beginning of "Spoon River Anthology"? How do you know?

5. What happened to Ollie and Fletcher McGee? Why?

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

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

8. How is Emily Sparks different from the other residents at the beginning of the "Spoon River Anthology"? How does she fit in with the other residents?

9. What are the types of people included in the section beginning with Fiddler Jones and ending with Mrs. George Reece? Give one example of each.

10. Explain the relationship between Roscoe and Mrs. Purkapile.

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