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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Tom's political aspirations?
(a) To become governor.
(b) To become president.
(c) To become chief of police.
(d) To become mayor.

3. What do the writer and the carpenter have in common?
(a) The both are in prison.
(b) The both have white mustaches.
(c) They both ride bikes.
(d) They both lose a brother.

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

5. How does the author describe Joe Welling's fits?
(a) They are of ideas and thoughts.
(b) They are only physical.
(c) They are quick and powerful.
(d) They are meaningless.

6. What does Tom's conversation with George about being successful make Elizabeth want to do?
(a) Move out of the hotel.
(b) Kill Tom.
(c) Send George to college.
(d) Talk to George herself.

7. Who says they are "too greedy for glory"?
(a) Goliath.
(b) Louise.
(c) David.
(d) Jesse.

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

9. What does Dr. Parcival say happens to Dr. Cronin?
(a) Dr. Cronin is arrested.
(b) Dr. Cronin is murdered.
(c) Dr. Cronin is robbed.
(d) Dr. Cronin moves to Iowa.

10. Where does Wing live during his youth?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Indiana.

11. According to the author, the story of Wing is the story of what?
(a) Truths.
(b) Hands.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Small towns.

12. What does Dr. Parcival tell George he does for a living?
(a) He doesn't have to work before this.
(b) Professional thief.
(c) Weatherman.
(d) Newspaper reporter.

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

14. What emotion does Elizabeth feel at the end of the story ,after George share's his plans for his future?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Fear.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Joy.

15. What war is the carpenter part of?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wing leave Pennsylvania?

2. How long has Dr. Reefy worn the same clothes?

3. What part of his health concerns the writer?

4. What does David make that he always carries with him?

5. How does Louise act toward her education?

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