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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?
(a) Politics.
(b) The war.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Parties.

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

3. How does Edith lie in bed waiting for Stoner for hours in Chapter V?
(a) Heavily clothes.
(b) Naked.
(c) Clenched in a ball.
(d) Sedated.

4. How does the Great Depression initially impact Columbus?
(a) Very badly.
(b) It is devastated.
(c) It is unaffected.
(d) Slightly sets them back.

5. What program does the protagonist originally go to college to study?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Business.

6. Who does the author say was only interested in seeking adventure?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Gordon Finch.

7. Who views the University as a center for knowledge and enlightenment?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) David Masters.
(d) William Stoner.

8. How does Edith look at her child after she is born?
(a) A monster.
(b) A disease.
(c) A stranger.
(d) An angel.

9. What does Edith inform Stoner she wants that surprises him in Chapter V?
(a) A job.
(b) A baby.
(c) A divorce.
(d) A new home.

10. Why do Edith and Stoner cut their honeymoon short?
(a) To get settled into their apartment.
(b) William's father died.
(c) Edith's aunt died.
(d) Edith became ill.

11. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?
(a) The Constantinople.
(b) The Columbiana.
(c) The Titanic.
(d) The Lusitania.

12. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Minimal.
(b) Unexceptional.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Hateful.

13. What is the name of Stoner's family servant who helps take care of his farm?
(a) John.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Tobe.
(d) James.

14. What does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?
(a) English.
(b) Biology.
(c) Math.
(d) History.

15. What is the name of the family the protagonist stays with when he first goes to college?
(a) The Wilsons.
(b) The Williams.
(c) The Footes.
(d) The Smiths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Edith from in the book?

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

3. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?

4. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?

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

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