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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of his health concerns the writer?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His heart.
(c) His lungs.
(d) His legs.

2. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?
(a) Painful.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Secret.
(d) Grotesque.

3. Where does Jesse take David to pray?
(a) In a cave.
(b) By the river.
(c) Behind the farmhouse.
(d) In the forest.

4. What does Elizabeth take out of a cloth bag that hangs on the wall by a nail?
(a) A knife.
(b) A locket.
(c) Money.
(d) Scissors.

5. What does Dr. Reefy ride when he goes house to house?
(a) A chariot.
(b) A small donkey.
(c) A white car.
(d) A white horse.

6. How long has Dr. Reefy worn the same clothes?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Two years.

7. What do the writer and the carpenter have in common?
(a) The both are in prison.
(b) They both lose a brother.
(c) They both ride bikes.
(d) The both have white mustaches.

8. What are Tom's political aspirations?
(a) To become mayor.
(b) To become chief of police.
(c) To become president.
(d) To become governor.

9. What war is the carpenter part of?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) World War I.

10. What does Tom say "Tom Willard's son" must do?
(a) Wake up.
(b) Date a girl.
(c) Be a writer.
(d) Help his mother.

11. What happens when Wing forgets about his hands?
(a) He forgets how to talk.
(b) He leaves his front porch.
(c) He paints a picture.
(d) He puts them on George's shoulder.

12. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They try to break them up.
(c) They are repelled by it.
(d) They are in awe of it.

13. Where does Dr. Parcival live?
(a) Next to the baker.
(b) Above the shoe repair shop.
(c) Below the book bookstore.
(d) Above the saloon.

14. How does Jesse feel about David's disappearance at the end of this story?
(a) It makes him cry.
(b) He is happy that David is independent.
(c) He is filled with guilt.
(d) It doesn't surprise him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elizabeth is a girl, how does she startle the people of Winesburg?

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

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

4. Where does Wing live during his youth?

5. Why does a carpenter come to the writer's house?

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