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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dodge send Vince?
(a) Flowers for Halie.
(b) To get a bottle of whiskey.
(c) To get vegetables of Tilden.
(d) Flowers for Shelly

2. Who was on their way to Mexico?
(a) Vince and Shelly.
(b) Halie and Dodge.
(c) Bradley and Tilden.
(d) Ansel and his wife.

3. Ansel was a promising son of who?
(a) Dodge and Halie.
(b) Tilden and Halie.
(c) Father Dewis and Halie.
(d) Bradley and Vince.

4. Where was Shelly during Act 2?
(a) At the store buying whiskey.
(b) With Vince in Dodge's house.
(c) At the church.
(d) In New Mexico.

5. How did Halie betray the family?
(a) The family's history.
(b) By failing to keep her responsibility's to her husband.
(c) The promises of the church.
(d) Covering her head with a blanket..

6. What does Shelly do when she sees Tilden coming in from the backyard?
(a) Buy a bottle of whiskey.
(b) Turned her back on him.
(c) Play tricks.
(d) Helped him carry the carrots.

7. What happened to his leg?
(a) Lost it in New Mexico.
(b) Lost it on his honeymoon.
(c) Cut off with a chain saw.
(d) Lost it in the backyard.

8. Who had a wooden leg?
(a) Father Dewis.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Tilden.

9. Where did Vince think Tilden was?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

10. Where was Halie in Act 2?
(a) She went shopping for baby clothes.
(b) Made a trip to visit with her sister.
(c) She wroked in the chruch.
(d) She stayed upstairs most of the time.

11. When Tilden talked to Shelly about Vince, what did he say?
(a) I saw a small face within his face.
(b) Father Dewis's face.
(c) Dodge's smile.
(d) The face of Ansel.

12. How was Vince treated when he got to the farm?
(a) Dodge greeted him with a loving hug.
(b) Halie cried in joy.
(c) No one knew him.
(d) They had a "fatten calf" celebration.

13. What did Dodge remove from the table when he sent Vince to town?
(a) The letter from Father Dewis.
(b) Carrots that were cleaned and ready to prepare for lunch.
(c) Money to buy a bottle of whiskey.
(d) The cooked corn that had been prepared.

14. Who had the incestuous relationship?
(a) Ansel and Halie.
(b) Father Dewis and Shelly.
(c) Bradley and Halie.
(d) Tilden and Halie.

15. Who was a Catholic bride?
(a) Ansel's wife.
(b) Dodge's girfriend.
(c) Bradley's wife.
(d) Father Dewis's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dysfunctional theme of this play?

2. What part of this play reflects Sam Shephard's own life?

3. What does Bradley do to Dodge when he comes by?

4. What did Tilden say about Vince?

5. What vegetables did Shelly try to help Tilden with?

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