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

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 crops.
(c) To imagine a world without the ground.
(d) To imagine a world without grass.

3. What does Dr. Parcival say his objective of coming to Winesburg is?
(a) To live cheaply.
(b) To open his medical practice.
(c) To write a book.
(d) To meet a woman.

4. What does Dr. Reefy ask the tall, dark girl after her first visit with him?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He asks her to tell him her thoughts.
(c) He asks her to go for a ride in the country.
(d) He asks her if she is rich.

5. What is the name of Tom and Elizabeth's hotel?
(a) The Willard.
(b) New Willard House.
(c) Old Willard Place.
(d) Elizabeth's Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "I have a desire to make you admire me"?

2. What does Tom say "Tom Willard's son" must do?

3. How long does the writer write for when he gets out of bed and starts writing?

4. Why does a carpenter come to the writer's house?

5. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Jesse believe that the other farmers are enemies of God?

2. In the fourth part of "Godliness", what does Jesse purchase and why?

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

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

5. How does Wing feel about the town where he lives?

6. Why does George go to the drug store after leaving Louise?

7. Why does the woman in the doctor's office have blood on her in "Paper Pills"?

8. At the end of "Departure", what does George think about Winesburg?

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

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

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