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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does George find Louise when he decides to answer her letter?
(a) At the saloon.
(b) In the backyard of her father's house.
(c) Picking potatoes at her uncle's.
(d) In the kitchen of her father's house.

4. How old is David Hardy when he comes to Jesse's farm?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

7. Where does Jesse take David to pray?
(a) In a cave.
(b) By the river.
(c) In the forest.
(d) Behind the farmhouse.

8. As time passes, what happens to John and Louise?
(a) They fall deeper in love.
(b) They grow distant.
(c) They start to earn money.
(d) They debate moving from Ohio.

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

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

11. How does Tom describe Elizabeth's figure?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Ghostly.
(c) Unique.
(d) Lovely.

12. Where does George work?
(a) Winesburg Eagle.
(b) Winesburg Gazette.
(c) Winesburg Post.
(d) Winesburg News.

13. What does George say he has set forth upon when he goes to find Louise?
(a) A life of lonliness.
(b) A path of crime.
(c) A chase.
(d) An adventure.

14. How does George feel at the end of the story when he is at the drug store?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Angry.
(c) In love.
(d) Nervous.

15. What does the author say makes it difficult for people to understand Jesse?
(a) His hand writing.
(b) Industrialization.
(c) Different Bible translations.
(d) The farm is lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor read to the girl in the winter?

2. What is the name of Tom and Elizabeth's hotel?

3. What does Elizabeth do when she goes in George's room and sits by his desk?

4. What part of his health concerns the writer?

5. What does Dr. Parcival say his objective of coming to Winesburg is?

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