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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. Why does Father Dewis come by?
(a) To see Ansel
(b) To see Halie
(c) To see Tilden
(d) To see Dodge

2. Who are Dodge and Halie's sons?
(a) John and Tilden.
(b) Tilden and Bradley.
(c) Bradley and James.
(d) Father Dewis and Tilden.

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

4. Who has a wooden leg?
(a) Bradley
(b) Father Dewis
(c) Tilden
(d) Ansel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pretends that their marriage and relationship displays a loving partnership?

2. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?

3. Who are having an adulterous affair in the play?

4. Who did Halie say she and Father Dewis was planning a monument for?

5. Who did Halie say this about? "I had no idea he would be that much trouble".

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Tilden prohibited from going to?

2. What is Halie's predication about Bradley and the corn husks on the floor?

3. What is Halie's frustration over the two brothers, Tilden and Bradley?

4. What is Tilden's condition when he gets back from his stay in New Mexico?

5. What are we told happened to Ansel?

6. What is Halie's way of showing her apparent concern for Dodge?

7. What does Halie think about Ansel at the beginning of the story?

8. What might be Bradley's reasons for being so mean?

9. What proves that Halie is far from a care taking wife?

10. Why do you think Tilden acts the way he does?

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