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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a job Ray wants to do when he is younger?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A musician.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A farmhand.

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

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

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

5. What does Elizabeth do once she returns home from visiting Dr. Reefy?
(a) She cries.
(b) She locks herself in her room.
(c) She yells at George.
(d) She laughs.

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

7. What does Reverend Curtis do to the window in his office after he sees Kate through it the first time?
(a) He makes a small hole in it.
(b) He boards it up.
(c) He gets new curtains.
(d) He shatters the glass.

8. 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.

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

10. Who names the girl "Tandy"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The drunken stranger.
(c) Her father.
(d) George Willard.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tandy?

2. Why does Tom steal $1.75?

3. What does Tom tell George he wants to experience when he is drinking?

4. What type of friends does Enoch prefer?

5. What does Tandy think of her name?

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