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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jesse come to the family farm?
(a) His father is ill.
(b) All his brothers die in the Civil War.
(c) His mother is lonely.
(d) He drops out of school.

2. What does Jesse turn to as an explanation for everything?
(a) The hand of God.
(b) Farming magazines.
(c) The opinions of his wife.
(d) The opinions of his father.

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

4. Why does Jesse's brothers and father stay silent on the farm?
(a) It is part of their religion.
(b) They do not like each other.
(c) They do not want to scare the animals.
(d) It is difficult for them to talk.

5. Why is it Jesse's fault his wife dies?
(a) He has been hitting her.
(b) She has a broken heart.
(c) He poisons her.
(d) She is too delicate to live on a farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?

2. What does Ed do when George interrupts his marriage proposal to Belle?

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

4. Who says they are a "fool" to marry their wife?

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

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