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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George decide to do the day his mother dies?
(a) Make a change in his life.
(b) Save the hotel.
(c) Buy a car.
(d) Kill his father.

2. What part of Ray's body is bowed from too much work?
(a) His knees.
(b) His elbows.
(c) His back.
(d) His shoulders.

3. At the end of this story, George is the last person in Winesburg to do what?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Understand Kate.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Reflect on the Reverend's words.

4. Why does Tom decide to get drunk one night?
(a) Because he is on a date.
(b) Because he never is drunk before.
(c) Because someone gives him free whiskey.
(d) Because he has extra money.

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

6. At the end of this story, who does Reverend Curtis feel is an "instrument of God"?
(a) Kate.
(b) George.
(c) Himself.
(d) His wife.

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

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

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

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

11. When Ray goes to talk to Hal, what does Hal say he is not?
(a) A fool.
(b) A rich man.
(c) An idiot.
(d) A coward.

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

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

14. 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 shoves George into the bushes.
(d) He threatens George and Belle physically.

15. What type of work does Seth tell Helen he wants to do?
(a) Work where he is with people.
(b) Work where talk doesn't matter.
(c) Work as a berry picker.
(d) Work as a great writer like George.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What makes Hal different from Ray?

4. How old is Tandy?

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

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