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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Wing's power as a teacher described?
(a) Weak.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Gentle.
(d) Stern.

2. Why does a carpenter come to the writer's house?
(a) To build a shelf.
(b) To fix his window.
(c) To raise his bed.
(d) To install a new floor.

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

4. As time passes, what happens to John and Louise?
(a) They grow distant.
(b) They fall deeper in love.
(c) They start to earn money.
(d) They debate moving from Ohio.

5. What happens to the writer's book?
(a) It is not published.
(b) It gets published.
(c) He decides to re-write it.
(d) He looses the only copy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tom and Elizabeth's hotel losing guests?

2. What does Elizabeth take out of a cloth bag that hangs on the wall by a nail?

3. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?

4. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?

5. How are the doctor's knuckles described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Enoch's life change when he is twenty-one?

2. What is the relationship between Helen and the instructor in "Sophistication"?

3. What does Louise say about the gender of her baby?

4. Even though Seth is called the "deep one", how is this untrue?

5. In the story "Drink", how does Tom feel about women?

6. How do the Hardy girls respond to Louise when she comes to stay with them?

7. What do the stories Dr. Parcival tell mean to George?

8. What does Kate tell George about writing in "The Teacher"?

9. The day that Kate is not in her room in "The Strength of God", what is the Reverend's sermon about?

10. How does the author compare Dr. Reefy to the twisted apples of Winesburg?

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