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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 Elizabeth take out of a cloth bag that hangs on the wall by a nail?
(a) Money.
(b) A knife.
(c) A locket.
(d) Scissors.

2. Why is Tom and Elizabeth's hotel losing guests?
(a) Because of the hotel's shabbiness.
(b) Because of the cost to stay there.
(c) Because of Elizabeth's illness.
(d) Because of Tom's temper.

3. Where does Dr. Parcival live?
(a) Below the book bookstore.
(b) Above the saloon.
(c) Above the shoe repair shop.
(d) Next to the baker.

4. What body part does Wing use to help him talk?
(a) His hands.
(b) His arms.
(c) His head.
(d) His mouth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does George walk after leaving work one night?

2. What does Dr. Parcival tell George he is afraid of?

3. Where does George find Louise when he decides to answer her letter?

4. When Elizabeth is a girl, how does she startle the people of Winesburg?

5. How does Jesse feel about David's disappearance at the end of this story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story "Mother", what are Elizabeth's hopes and dreams for George?

3. What does Joe tell George about decay in "A Man of Ideas"?

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

5. What does Dr. Parcival tell George about his book?

6. What happens to Wing's teaching career?

7. What is the relationship between Helen and the instructor in "Sophistication"?

8. Why is Reverend Curtis' sermon different after the first time he sees Kate?

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

10. Why is Joe planting grass seed?

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