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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 George say he has set forth upon when he goes to find Louise?
(a) A chase.
(b) A life of lonliness.
(c) A path of crime.
(d) An adventure.

2. What emotion does Elizabeth feel at the end of the story ,after George share's his plans for his future?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

3. Who does Joe envy?
(a) Sylvester West.
(b) George Willard.
(c) Dr. Parcival.
(d) Sarah King.

4. Who does Alice Hindman live with?
(a) Her mother and stepfather.
(b) She lives alone at a boarding house.
(c) Her father and stepmother.
(d) Her stepsisters.

5. Why does Jesse's brothers and father stay silent on the farm?
(a) They do not like each other.
(b) They do not want to scare the animals.
(c) It is difficult for them to talk.
(d) It is part of their religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes you are never be too smart for Sarah?

2. Why does Louise end up living with the Hardy family?

3. How long has Dr. Reefy worn the same clothes?

4. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?

5. How does Tom describe Elizabeth's figure?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the writer come up with "The Book of the Grotesque"?

2. What does the idea of death do to the writer in "The Book of the Grotesque"?

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

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

5. What does George decide to do after his mother's death in the story "Death"?

6. How does Enoch want to explain his art to his artist friends in New York City?

7. According to the writer, what makes people grotesque?

8. What happens to make David fear Jesse?

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

10. Why does Jesse leave his family's farm as a young man?

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