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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people of Winesburg describe Kate?
(a) Very desirable.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A penny pincher.
(d) An old maid.

2. How old is Tandy?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

3. When Ray is buying groceries, what does he tell Hal?
(a) Not to marry Nell.
(b) Not to worry.
(c) Not to get beaten down by life.
(d) Not to quit his job.

4. Where do Helen and George walk to at the end of "Sophistication"?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The saloon.
(c) The fair grounds.
(d) Helen's house.

5. What is Wash's job?
(a) Zookeeper.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Wash is unemployed.
(d) Telegraph operator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom decide to get drunk one night?

2. When George reflects back on a summer evening she shares with Helen, what does it inspire him to do?

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

4. Where does Wash's wife go after they break up?

5. At the end of "The Untold Lie", how does Ray feel about the things he tells Hal?

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