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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. Why does Wing leave Pennsylvania?
(a) He gets a new job.
(b) He is bored of his life there.
(c) He is driven out of town.
(d) He meets a woman.

2. What does Joe tell George and Sarah's father at the Willard house?
(a) To imagine a world without bees.
(b) To imagine a world without the ground.
(c) To imagine a world without crops.
(d) To imagine a world without grass.

3. What does Joe do for a living?
(a) Standard Oil agent.
(b) Jockey.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Sylvester West's drug store clerk.

4. What color does the Big Four paint its stations?
(a) Orange.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. How does Tom describe Elizabeth's figure?
(a) Ghostly.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Unique.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?

2. Where does Wing live during his youth?

3. Why does Jesse come to the family farm?

4. What does Dr. Parcival tell George he does for a living?

5. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ray and his emotions when he is out buying groceries?

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

3. On the night of the storm, what happens between Kate and George?

4. Why does Ed Handby want to get married?

5. What happens the second time Elmer tries to talk to George?

6. What does Dr. Parcival do with his brother's money?

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

8. How does Tom relate to his daughter, Tandy?

9. Even though Seth is called the "deep one", how is this untrue?

10. In "Paper Pills", how are the tall, dark girl's suitors different?

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