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

2. What does Ed do when George interrupts his marriage proposal to Belle?
(a) He tells Belle he doesn't want her anyway.
(b) He shoves George into the bushes.
(c) He threatens George and Belle physically.
(d) He leaves Belle's house.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Wash do with the banker's wife's letter?

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

5. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?

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