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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a resident of Spoon River steal blankets?
(a) To sell.
(b) To trade for food.
(c) To keep warm.
(d) To pay a doctor's bill.

2. What was Searcy Foote's murder weapon?
(a) Chloroform.
(b) Shotgun.
(c) Knife.
(d) Arsenic.

3. For what was Roy Butler framed?
(a) Extortion.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbery.

4. Why was Dr. Siegrfied Iseman thrown in jail?
(a) Encouraging women not to have children.
(b) Selling Elixir of Youth.
(c) Selling hair tonic.
(d) Practicing medicine without a license.

5. For whom did Daniel M'Cumber never return?
(a) Mary McNeely.
(b) Mrs. Sibley.
(c) Amelia Garrick.
(d) Georgine Sand Miner.

6. What hit Johnnie Sayre?
(a) A horse and rider.
(b) A train.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A carriage.

7. Who shot the Marshal?
(a) Theodore the Poet.
(b) Deacon Taylor.
(c) Jack McGuire.
(d) Sam Hookey.

8. Why did Margaret Fuller Slack not have any time to write?
(a) She was a seamstress.
(b) She had children.
(c) She was a teacher.
(d) She had two jobs.

9. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Carl Sandburg.
(c) Edgar Lee Masters.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

10. Why was Chase Henry denied burial on holy ground?
(a) He was a vocal atheist.
(b) He was the town drunkard.
(c) He beat his wife.
(d) He was a murderer.

11. Whom did the Rev. Lemuel Wiley save from divorce?
(a) The Crouses.
(b) The Wards.
(c) The Blisses.
(d) The Pinkertons.

12. With what did A. D. Blood kill Oscar Hummel?
(a) A plank of wood.
(b) A pitchfork.
(c) A stick.
(d) A rock.

13. Who was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins?
(a) Lilian Stewart.
(b) Mrs. Bandle.
(c) Hortense Robbins.
(d) Rosie Roberts.

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

15. Whom is Chase Henry buried next to?
(a) A priest.
(b) A nun.
(c) A wealthy banker.
(d) The town drunkard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does The Unknown search?

2. Who killed Yee Bow?

3. With how many regrets did Fiddler Jones die?

4. Whom did Doris Williams marry?

5. What celebrated public figure is buried in an unmarked grave?

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