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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Ray's body is bowed from too much work?

2. What does Ebenezer wear?

3. When George goes to his wife after kicking her out, what does he say it takes for him to forgive her?

4. How does Helen's mother feel about the boys in Winesburg?

5. Why does Tom steal $1.75?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several characters in this novel are lonely. Analyze three characters in terms of their loneliness. Why do they feel alienated? What do they do in response to this alienation? How is loneliness a theme in the novel and what is it representative of?

Essay Topic 2

Choose three characters that you feel have power in Winesburg. Defend your choices and discuss what characteristics are needed to be powerful in Winesburg. How do these characters use their power? What does having power in Winesburg mean? How is power a theme, or not a theme, in the novel?

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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