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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?
(a) Ed Handby.
(b) Belle Carpenter.
(c) Art Wilson.
(d) George Willard.

2. What does Ed Handby do for a living?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Telegraph operator.

3. How does Ed make George feel at the end of "An Awakening"?
(a) Empowered.
(b) Confused.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Lonely.

4. Why does Jesse place blame on his dead brothers?
(a) They do not work hard enough.
(b) They are Godless.
(c) They leave their father.
(d) They fight on the wrong side of the war.

5. What does Wash do with the banker's wife's letter?
(a) Puts it in a box.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Tears it up.
(d) Sends it back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wash's job?

2. What does the author say makes it difficult for people to understand Jesse?

3. What does Jesse turn to as an explanation for everything?

4. Why is it Jesse's fault his wife dies?

5. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?

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