Buried Child Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Buried Child Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Halie pretends to care for who?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Ansel.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Dodge.

2. Whose betrayal started the total destruction of this family?
(a) Tilden's
(b) Ansel's wife
(c) Halie's
(d) Bradley's

3. How long has it been since the garden has been worked, according to Dodge?
(a) Since the death of Ansel
(b) Bradley's return
(c) Tilden's return
(d) Thirty years

4. What is the first thing noticed about Halie?
(a) She constructs grave stones.
(b) She is in the garden club.
(c) She loves vegetables.
(d) She tries to pretend that her marriage and family are strong.

5. When Tilden left corn husks on the floor, who did Halie say would be upset if they found them on the floor?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Ansel.

6. Who owned this farm?
(a) Dodge, he was the father and husband.
(b) Tilden, because he had a vegetable garden.
(c) Bradley, since he repesented ordor to this family.
(d) Ansel, because he spent his life preparing the land to harvest.

7. Who had a wooden leg form an accident with a chain saw?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Ansel.

8. What is a key factor that started the crack in Halie and Dodge's relationship?
(a) She loved to make quilts.
(b) Halie went from the city life full of activity to an isolated life on the farm.
(c) She grew flowers like everyone in the area.
(d) She had a very good herb garden.

9. What event resulted because of the disintegration of this family structure?
(a) The incestuous relationship between Tilden and Halie.
(b) Ansel's marriage to a Catholic girl.
(c) The audultrious relationship between Father Dewis and Halie.
(d) The sexual relationship between Teldon and Bradley.

10. Who are having an adulterous affair in the play?
(a) Halie and Tilden.
(b) Halie and and Dodge.
(c) Halie and Bradley.
(d) Halie and Father Drewis.

11. Who is described as a drunken, ill, argumentative old man?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.

12. One of the characters appears to be an upright and righteous member of the church, who is that character?
(a) Tilden.
(b) Halie.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Father Drewis.

13. Who does Halie say needs to stay out of the yard?
(a) Tilden.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Bradley.

14. Which particular event does Halie blame for Ansel's death?
(a) The hotel staff.
(b) Bradley.
(c) The church members.
(d) Marrying a Catholic.

15. What is in Illinois?
(a) Bradley's house.
(b) Ansel's wedding.
(c) The farm.
(d) The jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cut off Dodge's hair?

2. What did Sam Shepherd chose a farm as the setting of this play?

3. What happened to Ansel?

4. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?

5. Where did Tilden return from, broken and unable to care for himself?

(see the answer keys)

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