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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people of Winesburg feel about Reverend Curtis Hartman's sermons?
(a) They feel insulted.
(b) They feel confused.
(c) They feel spiritually moved.
(d) They feel uninspired.

2. What does Elizabeth's dad make her promise to not tell Tom about?
(a) Money in a box.
(b) The leaking roof.
(c) The family curse.
(d) The hotel's debt.

3. What does Wash do with the banker's wife's letter?
(a) Sends it back.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Puts it in a box.
(d) Tears it up.

4. What type of person does Seth think Helen ends up with?
(a) Someone who talks a lot.
(b) Someone who is shy.
(c) Someone who lives in Winesburg.
(d) Someone who is rich.

5. How does Ed make George feel at the end of "An Awakening"?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Confused.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Empowered.

6. At the end of "The Untold Lie", how does Ray feel about the things he tells Hal?
(a) He thinks it's best to stay quiet.
(b) He thinks he has more to say.
(c) He thinks he knows better than Hal.
(d) He thinks they are all lies.

7. How old is Tandy?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

8. Why does Elmer take twenty dollars from the store?
(a) To run away.
(b) To pay off George.
(c) To buy new clothes for Ebenezer.
(d) To help Mook.

9. What does George borrow from Kate?
(a) A car.
(b) A book.
(c) A pencil.
(d) Her telephone.

10. What habit of Kate Swift's catches Reverend Curtis' attention one morning as he sits at his desk?
(a) Her nail-biting.
(b) Her drinking.
(c) Her swearing.
(d) Her smoking.

11. According to Will Henderson, what does Cowley and Son's store sell?
(a) Not enough stuff.
(b) The best home goods.
(c) Things that are too expensive.
(d) Everything and nothing.

12. What are Tom's religious beliefs?
(a) Agnostic.
(b) Athiest.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

13. How do the people of Winesburg describe Kate?
(a) A penny pincher.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) An old maid.
(d) Very desirable.

14. Why does Helen sit next to the instructor in the grandstand?
(a) She wants people to see her with someone important.
(b) She is interested in the instructor.
(c) Her mother makes her promise to be nice to him.
(d) He buys her jewelry.

15. Why does Tom steal $1.75?
(a) To put in his savings.
(b) To buy movie tickets.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To buy medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed believe is his only obstacle to get Belle to marry him?

2. When George goes to his wife after kicking her out, what does he say it takes for him to forgive her?

3. What does George whisper to himself when he sees his mother's body?

4. What does Ebenezer wear?

5. What does George tell Seth he wants to write?

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