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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 does Tom describe Elizabeth's figure?
(a) Ghostly.
(b) Overweight.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Unique.

2. Why does the tall, dark girl originally come see Dr. Reefy?
(a) Because she is pregnant.
(b) Because her parents are ill.
(c) Because she needs help with her brother.
(d) Because her tooth hurts.

3. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?
(a) He doesn't sleep anyway.
(b) It is morning.
(c) He is thinking of the grotesques.
(d) He is almost done with his novel.

4. How long does the writer write for when he gets out of bed and starts writing?
(a) Two days.
(b) Four hours.
(c) One day.
(d) One hour.

5. Why does Louise end up living with the Hardy family?
(a) To find work.
(b) To go to high school.
(c) To hide from her mother.
(d) To keep her out of trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise do to a farmhand at her family's farm one weekend?

2. How are the doctor's knuckles described?

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

4. What does Dr. Reefy ask the tall, dark girl after her first visit with him?

5. How do the neighbors feel about the swampland Jesse buys?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wing feel about the town where he lives?

2. What happens to make David fear Jesse?

3. Why does the woman in the doctor's office have blood on her in "Paper Pills"?

4. On the night of the storm, what happens between Kate and George?

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

6. Why is George careful when he counts his money on the train?

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

8. What does Joe tell George about decay in "A Man of Ideas"?

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

10. Why does Jesse leave his family's farm as a young man?

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