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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. Who begins taking care of Edith when she has her first breakdown during their marriage?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

2. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?
(a) Politics.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Pride.

3. What does Stoner do with his doctoral thesis when it is finished?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Publishes it in a magazine.
(d) Makes it into a book.

4. Where does Edith take Grace for a week for the first time alone with her?
(a) Her parents' house.
(b) Boston.
(c) Paris.
(d) The beach.

5. Who temporarily fills the director of the English department after Sloane's death?
(a) William Stoner.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Gordon Finch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the college the protagonist attended?

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

3. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?

4. Where do Edith and Stoner go on their honeymoon?

5. What does Edith inform Stoner she wants that surprises him in Chapter V?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William react after being offered a teaching job at the University of Missouri?

2. How does Sloane react when William suggests enlisting in WWI?

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

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

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

6. What is the nature of the letter William receives from Edith after he proposes to her?

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

8. Why does William's father want him to study agriculture in college?

9. How does William learn about the new agriculture program at the University of Missouri?

10. How do William and Edith buy their first house?

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