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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Zilpha Marsh-Webser Ford.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ignored Hildrup Tubbs for many years?
(a) E. C. Culbertson.
(b) Voltaire Johnson.
(c) Death.
(d) Granville Calhoun.

2. At what age was Nellie Clark's innocence taken?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. What did Richard Bone do?
(a) Drove a hearse.
(b) Chiseled epitaphs.
(c) Made coffins.
(d) Dug graves.

4. What did Franklin Jones need one more year to finish?
(a) His plan to escape Spoon River.
(b) His collection of poetry.
(c) Medical school.
(d) His flying machine.

5. How long was Louise Smith engaged?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Barry Holden kill?

2. What did Silas Dement burn down?

3. Who stirred "vibrations" in Spoon River?

4. What did Seth Compton build?

5. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?

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