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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Reverend thinks about leaving the ministry, what other career does he consider?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Writer.
(c) Telegraph operator.
(d) Businessman.

2. Where does Enoch move after he gets married?
(a) New York City.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Winesburg.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. What does Ed do when George interrupts his marriage proposal to Belle?
(a) He tells Belle he doesn't want her anyway.
(b) He threatens George and Belle physically.
(c) He shoves George into the bushes.
(d) He leaves Belle's house.

5. Why does Enoch lock the woman in his building in his apartment?
(a) He's trying to kiss her.
(b) He has too much to drink.
(c) He's trying to explain something to her.
(d) He wants to slap her.

6. Where do Helen and George walk to at the end of "Sophistication"?
(a) The saloon.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) Helen's house.
(d) The fair grounds.

7. At the end of "Sophistication", how to George and Helen feel?
(a) They feel sad that they must leave.
(b) They feel resentful toward each other.
(c) They feel madly in love.
(d) They feel as if their needs are met.

8. What does the Reverend call Kate the night he visits George?
(a) A distraction.
(b) A truly passionate person.
(c) An old maid.
(d) An instrument of God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. How does Helen's mother feel about the boys in Winesburg?
(a) She thinks country boys are better than city boys.
(b) She thinks that there aren't enough boys.
(c) She thinks none of them are good enough.
(d) She is indifferent to Winesburg boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a job Ray wants to do when he is younger?

2. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?

3. How do the people of Winesburg feel about Reverend Curtis Hartman's sermons?

4. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?

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

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