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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jesse take David to pray?

2. Who does the tall, dark girl think she marries?

3. What does Dr. Reefy write on the scraps of paper he keeps in his pockets?

4. What does the doctor read to the girl in the winter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Wing's teaching career?

2. At the end of "Departure", what does George think about Winesburg?

3. How does Dr. Parcival describe his mother and brother?

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

5. What does Jesse feel David's coming means?

6. What does Tom fear about his life in the story "Mother"?

7. Why does George go to the drug store after leaving Louise?

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

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

10. Why is Reverend Curtis' sermon different after the first time he sees Kate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two doctors featured in "Winesburg, Ohio". How are Dr. Parcival and Dr. Reefy alike? Different? What roles do they play in the lives of other characters?

Essay Topic 2

How does "The Book of the Grotesques" set up the rest of the book? What are "grotesques"? Choose three characters and analyze them according to this description of grotesque.

Essay Topic 3

George Willard is present in most of the stories in this book. Who is George? How do you describe him? What role does George play in the book and for the other characters of Winesburg?

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