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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dorothea feel about her husband?
(a) Dorothea hates her husband.
(b) Dorothea feels no grief when he dies.
(c) Dorothea loves him dearly.
(d) Dorothea feels pity for her husband.

2. How does Dorothea meet her husband?
(a) She meets him in college.
(b) Her father arranges the marriage.
(c) Her friends introduces them.
(d) She meets him in the restaurant where she works.

3. What can eccentricity do for Dorothea?
(a) Make her a better mother.
(b) Be a way to finally get her education.
(c) Make her famous.
(d) Offer an escape from the mendacity of her life as well as an outlet for her creativity and intelligence.

4. Why is winning the spelling bee so important to Echo?
(a) She thinks it will reunite her mother and grandmother.
(b) She wants her grandmother to be proud of her.
(c) She wants her mother to be proud of her.
(d) She wants the prize for winning.

5. In scene 2, with what does Artie say she has trouble doing?
(a) Physically touching others, even her daughter.
(b) Spelling words.
(c) Running the mile.
(d) Flying with homemade wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words does Echo misspell when her mother drills her on the phone?

2. What chance of reuniting her family through the spelling bee did Echo have?

3. Why does Echo buy the Robinson Crusoe book?

4. What is Echo's final word in the spelling bee?

5. What is Artie's relationship to Dorothea?

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