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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 has been hitting her.
(b) She has a broken heart.
(c) She is too delicate to live on a farm.
(d) He poisons her.

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

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

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

5. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?
(a) To her mother's.
(b) To Winesburg.
(c) To her lover's.
(d) To her father's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jesse come to the family farm?

2. What is Wash's job?

3. Why does Jesse's brothers and father stay silent on the farm?

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

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

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