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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman Dr. Reefy marries leave him when she dies?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her farm.

2. What does Dr. Parcival always wear?
(a) A dirty hat.
(b) A pair of dingy brown shoes.
(c) A yellow jacket.
(d) A dirty white waistcoat.

3. What does Alice do the night that it rains?
(a) She cries as she runs around the streets.
(b) She goes to bed early.
(c) She starts yelling frantically from her window.
(d) She runs outside, naked.

4. What does Dr. Reefy ride when he goes house to house?
(a) A chariot.
(b) A white horse.
(c) A white car.
(d) A small donkey.

5. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?
(a) They are repelled by it.
(b) They are in awe of it.
(c) They are indifferent to it.
(d) They try to break them up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wing do for a living?

2. What does the writer name his book?

3. What does Jesse want to use his land for?

4. Where does Jesse take David to pray?

5. What happens to the tall, dark girl in one of her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. As revealed in the story "Death", why does Elizabeth marry Tom?

2. Why is George careful when he counts his money on the train?

3. What does David do when Jesse pulls out a knife in the forest?

4. Why does Tom and his grandmother move to Winesburg?

5. The day that Kate is not in her room in "The Strength of God", what is the Reverend's sermon about?

6. What do the stories Dr. Parcival tell mean to George?

7. What makes Wash say that "all women are dead, even when they are alive"?

8. In the story "Drink", how does Tom feel about women?

9. Why does Hal get arrested in "The Untold Lie"?

10. What annoys George as he waits for Louise in the story "Nobody Knows"?

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