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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George whisper to himself when he sees his mother's body?
(a) That his mother is too small.
(b) That he is fine.
(c) That it is not his mother.
(d) That this is just the beginning.

2. What type of friends does Enoch prefer?
(a) Young.
(b) Rich.
(c) Imaginary.
(d) Female.

3. When the traveling salesman visits the store, what does Elmer do?
(a) Pay too much for the salesman's goods.
(b) Makes extra coffee.
(c) Let Ebenezer make all the decisions.
(d) Points a gun at the salesman.

4. Where does Enoch sometimes read?
(a) Walking down the middle of the road.
(b) On neighbor's porches.
(c) In trees.
(d) On the hoods of cars.

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

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

7. What is Tom's voice like?
(a) Soft and gentle.
(b) High pitched and squeeky.
(c) Deep and quiet.
(d) Loud and abrasive.

8. What does Elizabeth do for the last few months of her life?
(a) Hide her money.
(b) Sew a blanket.
(c) Summon death.
(d) Read all her books.

9. How does Tom feel about being drunk after he sobers up?
(a) He says it is a mistake.
(b) He says he's sorry.
(c) He says he'll do it again tomorrow.
(d) He says it is fun.

10. Why does the drunken stranger move to Winesburg?
(a) To open a saloon.
(b) To teach his life story.
(c) To find love.
(d) To stop drinking.

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

12. Why is Helen at her parent's house in "Sophistication"?
(a) She is home from college.
(b) She still lives there.
(c) She has to move back home.
(d) Her father is ill.

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

14. At the end of "Loneliness", what is Enoch whining about after talking to George?
(a) That he is all alone.
(b) That he hates women.
(c) That he is broke.
(d) That he misses Brooklyn.

15. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?
(a) To her mother's.
(b) To her lover's.
(c) To her father's.
(d) To Winesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Curtis think his wife denies him of?

2. When Helen and Seth go for a walk, how does Helen feel about Seth?

3. On the snowy day, what does George go to do?

4. What is Wash's job?

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

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