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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XV, XVI, and XVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do during his summers in college?
(a) Runs a bookstore.
(b) Studies in a library.
(c) Works on the farm.
(d) Sells lemonade.

2. Where does Stoner have a bed made during his final days at home?
(a) The sunroom.
(b) The living room.
(c) The guest room.
(d) His study.

3. What kind of seminar does Stoner allow a student to take in Chapter IX?
(a) Renaissance literature.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) The Sonnet.
(d) Petrarch.

4. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Stoner's father.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Stoner's mother.

5. How is Stoner and Katherine's affair described at the beginning of Chapter XIII?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Bumpy.
(c) Joyously.
(d) Nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edith tell Stoner she will answer his marriage proposal?

2. What is the name of the child Edith has?

3. How many minutes are professors allowed to question Walker during his oral examination?

4. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?

5. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?

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