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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Man of Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Wing's power as a teacher described?
(a) Stern.
(b) Weak.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Gentle.

2. How do the neighbors feel about the swampland Jesse buys?
(a) They are fearful of what he builds.
(b) They are grateful to help him improve it.
(c) The laugh and hope he loses money.
(d) They ignore him for taking up so much space.

3. Where does Louise tell George to wait?
(a) In the potato patch.
(b) By William's barn.
(c) By the picket fence.
(d) Behind the saloon.

4. What does the woman Dr. Reefy marries leave him when she dies?
(a) Her farm.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her cat.

5. How are the doctor's knuckles described?
(a) Strangely twisted.
(b) Extraordinarily large.
(c) Horribly placed.
(d) Mysteriously bumpy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author describe Joe Welling's fits?

3. Where does Wing live during his youth?

4. What does Dr. Parcival always wear?

5. Who says they are "too greedy for glory"?

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