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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the drunken stranger do to Tandy when he visits her and Tom one evening?
(a) He kneels and kisses her hands.
(b) He falls down drunk.
(c) He slaps her across the face.
(d) He kisses her feet.

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

4. When George reflects back on a summer evening she shares with Helen, what does it inspire him to do?
(a) Write her a letter.
(b) Work hard at the newspaper.
(c) Avoid her.
(d) Go to her house.

5. How is Enoch talented?
(a) Musically.
(b) Socially.
(c) Artistically.
(d) Mathematically.

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

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

8. What does Ed believe is his only obstacle to get Belle to marry him?
(a) George Willard.
(b) Her father's opinion.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His lack of money.

9. What is Wash's job?
(a) Zookeeper.
(b) Wash is unemployed.
(c) Telegraph operator.
(d) Bartender.

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

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

12. 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 this is just the beginning.
(d) That it is not his mother.

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

14. What does Ed Handby do for a living?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Bookkeeper.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Telegraph operator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does George decide to do the day his mother dies?

3. What habit of Kate Swift's catches Reverend Curtis' attention one morning as he sits at his desk?

4. Why does Tom decide to get drunk one night?

5. When the Reverend thinks about leaving the ministry, what other career does he consider?

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