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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As time passes, what happens to John and Louise?

3. Why does Jesse's brothers and father stay silent on the farm?

4. Why does Jesse place blame on his dead brothers?

5. How old is David Hardy when he comes to Jesse's farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice realize when she gets home after the night she runs naked in the rain?

2. How does Dr. Parcival describe his mother and brother?

3. How does Elmer feel about his family?

4. What do Seth and Helen talk about on their walk?

5. Why does George decide to not ask Wing about his hands?

6. When Ned first plans to move to Cleveland, what does Alice tell him?

7. What does the drunken stranger say about women and love to Tom and Tandy?

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

9. What does George tell his mother he wants to do at the end of "Mother"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The format of "Winesburg, Ohio" is unique. How does this format help Anderson convey his message about the people of Winesburg? Is this an effective device? How does the format help or hurt the stories of these characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how three or four characters failed to use their natural talents to better themselves. Describe the talent, including how you are made aware of it. Use evidence from the text to prove the talent and the characters failure to realize it. What happens to these characters as a result? What happens to the people around them? What does this failure mean to the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

How does death affect the characters of this novel? Who fears death and why? Who talks about death and why? What does death mean to some of these characters? Most importantly, what does it represent?

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