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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?
(a) Grotesque.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Painful.
(d) Secret.

2. What does Elizabeth do when she goes in George's room and sits by his desk?
(a) She prays.
(b) She sleeps.
(c) She reads his notes.
(d) She cleans his drawers.

3. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?
(a) Imagine dreams as facts.
(b) Draw on his walls.
(c) Plan a crime.
(d) Make prank phone calls.

4. What does Tom say "Tom Willard's son" must do?
(a) Date a girl.
(b) Be a writer.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Help his mother.

5. What does Henry Bradford do to Wing one afternoon at the schoolhouse?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Threaten his family.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Offer him a ride out of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Reefy doing when the tall, dark girl comes to see him?

2. What does the writer name his book?

3. When the writer is lying in bed, what does he compare himself to?

4. When Elizabeth is a girl, how does she startle the people of Winesburg?

5. What is the danger of the writer's subject matter?

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