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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?
(a) They are in awe of it.
(b) They are indifferent to it.
(c) They try to break them up.
(d) They are repelled by it.

2. When does George visit Dr. Parcival?
(a) George visits the doctor for lunch each week.
(b) George only sees the doctor at the saloon.
(c) George visits the doctor once a month.
(d) George visits the doctor every morning for a month.

3. What color does the Big Four paint its stations?
(a) Orange.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

4. Why is Tom and Elizabeth's hotel losing guests?
(a) Because of Tom's temper.
(b) Because of Elizabeth's illness.
(c) Because of the hotel's shabbiness.
(d) Because of the cost to stay there.

5. What does the writer think about as he lies in his bed?
(a) His shopping list.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) A way to quit smoking.
(d) The people he knows.

6. What does Dr. Parcival always wear?
(a) A dirty white waistcoat.
(b) A yellow jacket.
(c) A dirty hat.
(d) A pair of dingy brown shoes.

7. Why does Louise end up living with the Hardy family?
(a) To find work.
(b) To hide from her mother.
(c) To keep her out of trouble.
(d) To go to high school.

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

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

10. What does Dr. Reefy write on the scraps of paper he keeps in his pockets?
(a) Phone numbers.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Addresses.
(d) Prescriptions.

11. What does Jesse want to use his land for?
(a) To take in orphans.
(b) To receive God.
(c) To raise sheep.
(d) To make money.

12. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?
(a) He doesn't sleep anyway.
(b) He is thinking of the grotesques.
(c) He is almost done with his novel.
(d) It is morning.

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

14. Why does a carpenter come to the writer's house?
(a) To install a new floor.
(b) To fix his window.
(c) To raise his bed.
(d) To build a shelf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Parcival say he does not have many patients?

2. When does Dr. Parcival say he prays all night?

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

4. How does Louise Bently describe her relationship with Jesse's farm?

5. Where does George walk after leaving work one night?

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