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

2. Who encourages the protagonist to get his PhD?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Archer Sloane.

3. Where did Edith cancel plans for in order to marry Stoner?
(a) China.
(b) Europe.
(c) South America.
(d) Africa.

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

5. Whose house does Stoner initially meet Edith at?
(a) Her sister's.
(b) Her uncle's.
(c) Her aunt's.
(d) Her parent's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edith lie in bed waiting for Stoner for hours in Chapter V?

2. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?

3. What is the name of the family the protagonist stays with when he first goes to college?

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

5. Where does Edith travel to after her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William's early life on his family farm described for the first time in the book?

2. How does Edith act just after her and William are married?

3. How does William come to decide to get a PhD in English?

4. How is William's first meeting with Edith's parents described?

5. Describe Edith's outburst during dinner with Finch and his fiancée in Chapter V.

6. How is William and Edith's first night together as a married couple described?

7. How is William's experience in his first English class described?

8. How is Edith described after she gives birth to Grace?

9. How is William's study of English described over the three years he studies at the University of Missouri?

10. How is William's marriage proposal to Edith described?

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