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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of setting did the protagonist grow up in?
(a) In a neighborhood.
(b) A farm.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In the city.

3. What does Stoner begin remodeling in his new home?
(a) His basement study.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) His bathroom.
(d) The backyard.

4. Who is killed during combat in the war while Stoner is in college?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Archer Sloane.

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

6. How does Edith's father die in the book?
(a) He is shot.
(b) A car wreck.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) He commits suicide.

7. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?
(a) Bad.
(b) Poor.
(c) Good.
(d) Superior.

8. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?
(a) On the floor.
(b) The couch.
(c) In the guest room.
(d) In the bed with Edith.

9. What is the name of the book's author?
(a) Dan Brown.
(b) John Williams.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

10. How does Edith tell Stoner she will answer his marriage proposal?
(a) In a letter.
(b) In person.
(c) Through a friend.
(d) Over the phone.

11. What colleague of William's is described as having a bitter and ironic sense of humor?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Archer Sloane.

12. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Ed Frye.

13. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Gordon Finch.
(c) His father.
(d) Ed Frye.

14. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?
(a) A church.
(b) Edith's aunt's home.
(c) A park.
(d) The University.

15. What is Edith too tired for on her and Stoner's wedding night?
(a) Sex.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Talking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the protagonist's first English teacher?

2. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?

3. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?

4. What role does Stoner consistently find himself happiest in?

5. What can the protagonist's parents not do about his decision to get a PhD?

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