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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When George goes to his wife after kicking her out, what does he say it takes for him to forgive her?
(a) Nothing makes him forgive her.
(b) For her to cry.
(c) For her to touch him.
(d) For her to give him his money back.

5. What does the author say makes it difficult for people to understand Jesse?
(a) His hand writing.
(b) The farm is lost.
(c) Different Bible translations.
(d) Industrialization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jesse place blame on his dead brothers?

2. What does Ed Handby do for a living?

3. What animal do residents of Winesburg say Wash Williams resembles?

4. What is Wash's job?

5. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?

(see the answer key)

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