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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 old is David Hardy when he comes to Jesse's farm?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Thirteen.

2. What emotion does Elizabeth feel at the end of the story ,after George share's his plans for his future?
(a) Joy.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hatred.

3. Who does Alice Hindman live with?
(a) Her mother and stepfather.
(b) Her stepsisters.
(c) She lives alone at a boarding house.
(d) Her father and stepmother.

4. What does the writer name his book?
(a) When I Could Not Sleep.
(b) The Book of the Grotesque.
(c) Grotesque Dreams.
(d) The Book of Me.

5. Who says "I have a desire to make you admire me"?
(a) Dr. Parcival.
(b) George Willard.
(c) Albert Longworth.
(d) Will Henderson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Tom and Elizabeth's hotel?

3. What war is the carpenter part of?

4. What makes Elizabeth use the "feeble flame of life that remains in her body" to get out of bed and creep toward George's bedroom one July evening?

5. What does Elizabeth do when she goes in George's room and sits by his desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wash's wife's mother do to her when Wash comes to visit?

2. How does Enoch want to explain his art to his artist friends in New York City?

3. What does George tell his mother he wants to do at the end of "Mother"?

4. In the story "Mother", what are Elizabeth's hopes and dreams for George?

5. In the fourth part of "Godliness", what does Jesse purchase and why?

6. What happens the second time Elmer tries to talk to George?

7. Why is Joe planting grass seed?

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

9. How is Wing different around George?

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

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