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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John marry Louise?
(a) He decides he loves her.
(b) Her father pays him.
(c) He just feels the need to get married.
(d) He fears she is pregnant.

2. What changes at the farm once David arrives?
(a) It becomes lonely.
(b) It becomes too crowded.
(c) It becomes happier.
(d) It becomes quieter.

3. Why does Alice save her money?
(a) To go to Cleveland.
(b) To run off with Will.
(c) To follow Ned.
(d) To buy a house.

4. How does Louise act toward her education?
(a) Dilligent.
(b) Careless.
(c) Worried.
(d) Uninterested.

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

6. When Ned can't find work in Cleveland, where does he go?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Back to Winesburg.

7. When the writer is lying in bed, what does he compare himself to?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A pregnant woman.
(d) A moose.

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

9. What is one of George's habits?
(a) Hiding in his room.
(b) Shaking hands with strangers.
(c) Biting his fork.
(d) Talking to himself.

10. What does David make that he always carries with him?
(a) A whistle.
(b) A whip.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) A polished rock.

11. Why does Wing leave Pennsylvania?
(a) He gets a new job.
(b) He is bored of his life there.
(c) He is driven out of town.
(d) He meets a woman.

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

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

14. How old is Wing at the end of this story?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty.

15. What is the name of Tom and Elizabeth's hotel?
(a) The Willard.
(b) Old Willard Place.
(c) Elizabeth's Rose.
(d) New Willard House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tom's political aspirations?

2. What does the writer think about as he lies in his bed?

3. Who does the tall, dark girl think she marries?

4. Where does Dr. Parcival move from?

5. Where does George work?

(see the answer keys)

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