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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Curtis think his wife denies him of?
(a) Passion.
(b) Children.
(c) Security.
(d) Money.

2. When Ray is buying groceries, what does he tell Hal?
(a) Not to quit his job.
(b) Not to worry.
(c) Not to get beaten down by life.
(d) Not to marry Nell.

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

4. How does Seth respond to his mother when she scolds him?
(a) He looks her straight in the eyes.
(b) He runs away from home.
(c) He yells back at her.
(d) He cries.

5. How many dates do Ed and Belle have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

6. What happens to Seth's father?
(a) He leaves home when Seth is young.
(b) He moves to Europe.
(c) He dies of a disease.
(d) He is killed.

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

8. What does George tell Seth he wants to write?
(a) The best article of the year.
(b) A love story.
(c) A mystery novel.
(d) The great American novel.

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

10. What does Tandy think of her name?
(a) She does not want to be called Tandy Hand.
(b) She doesn't say anything about the name.
(c) She isn't sure yet if it's a good fit for her.
(d) She wants to be called Tandy Hand.

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

12. On the snowy day, what does George go to do?
(a) Build a snowman.
(b) Ice skate.
(c) Go sledding.
(d) Talk to Helen.

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

14. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?
(a) Belle Carpenter.
(b) George Willard.
(c) Ed Handby.
(d) Art Wilson.

15. When Helen and Seth go for a walk, how does Helen feel about Seth?
(a) She thinks he is shy.
(b) She thinks he is manly.
(c) She thinks he is loud.
(d) She thinks he is scary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elmer believe the town thinks about him and his father?

2. In the story, "Drink," where does Tom move from?

3. Why is Helen at her parent's house in "Sophistication"?

4. What does Wash do with the banker's wife's letter?

5. At the end of this story, who does Reverend Curtis feel is an "instrument of God"?

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