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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal do residents of Winesburg say Wash Williams resembles?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A deer.
(d) A bear.

2. According to Will Henderson, what does Cowley and Son's store sell?
(a) Things that are too expensive.
(b) The best home goods.
(c) Everything and nothing.
(d) Not enough stuff.

3. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?
(a) To her mother's.
(b) To her lover's.
(c) To Winesburg.
(d) To her father's.

4. Why does Tom decide to get drunk one night?
(a) Because someone gives him free whiskey.
(b) Because he never is drunk before.
(c) Because he has extra money.
(d) Because he is on a date.

5. On the night of the storm, who does Kate go to talk to?
(a) The Reverend.
(b) Hop Higgins.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Enoch move after he gets married?

2. Why is Helen at her parent's house in "Sophistication"?

3. Who says they are a "fool" to marry their wife?

4. What does Reverend Curtis do to the window in his office after he sees Kate through it the first time?

5. Why does the drunken stranger move to Winesburg?

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