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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?

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

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

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