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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Awakening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jesse place blame on his dead brothers?
(a) They do not work hard enough.
(b) They fight on the wrong side of the war.
(c) They are Godless.
(d) They leave their father.

2. What does Jesse turn to as an explanation for everything?
(a) The opinions of his father.
(b) The hand of God.
(c) Farming magazines.
(d) The opinions of his wife.

3. Who says they are a "fool" to marry their wife?
(a) Ed Griffith.
(b) The banker.
(c) George.
(d) Wash.

4. What does Ed do when George interrupts his marriage proposal to Belle?
(a) He threatens George and Belle physically.
(b) He shoves George into the bushes.
(c) He tells Belle he doesn't want her anyway.
(d) He leaves Belle's house.

5. What does Wash do with the banker's wife's letter?
(a) Puts it in a box.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Tears it up.
(d) Sends it back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ed make George feel at the end of "An Awakening"?

2. Who says "the women in the place don't embarrass me although they try hard enough"?

3. What animal do residents of Winesburg say Wash Williams resembles?

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

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

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