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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 mother is lonely.
(b) All his brothers die in the Civil War.
(c) He drops out of school.
(d) His father is ill.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When George goes to his wife after kicking her out, what does he say it takes for him to forgive her?

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

3. What is Wash's job?

4. What does Ed Handby do for a living?

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

(see the answer key)

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