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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Untold Lie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Curtis do to the window in his office after he sees Kate through it the first time?
(a) He gets new curtains.
(b) He shatters the glass.
(c) He makes a small hole in it.
(d) He boards it up.

2. What is Wash's job?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Zookeeper.
(c) Telegraph operator.
(d) Wash is unemployed.

3. Why does Dr. Parcival say he does not have many patients?
(a) Because it is just an accident.
(b) Because there aren't many people in Winesburg.
(c) Because he is a poor doctor.
(d) Because he does not want many.

4. What does Louise do to a farmhand at her family's farm one weekend?
(a) Steals the farmhand's money.
(b) Hits the farmhand in anger.
(c) Takes the farmhand's buggy.
(d) Gets the farmhand fired.

5. When Ray is buying groceries, what does he tell Hal?
(a) Not to worry.
(b) Not to quit his job.
(c) Not to marry Nell.
(d) Not to get beaten down by life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John marry Louise?

2. At the end of this story, George is the last person in Winesburg to do what?

3. How does George feel at the end of the story when he is at the drug store?

4. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?

5. What does Ebenezer wear?

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