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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dream does Artie have?
(a) That her mother burns all Artie's books.
(b) That Echo falls out of a tree.
(c) That she is able to fly through the sky with homemade wings.
(d) That her mother has a terrible accident.

2. What happens to Dorothea's husband?
(a) He dies suddenly.
(b) He is crippled in an accident.
(c) He leaves Dorothea.
(d) He has a stroke and is unable to communicate.

3. Why does Dorothea marry her husband?
(a) Dorothea loves him.
(b) Dorothea wants to have children.
(c) Dorothea marries him for money.
(d) She is forced into the marriage by her father.

4. Dorothea changed her granddaughter's name to ______________________.
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Jane.
(c) Echo.
(d) Barbara.

5. How many words does Echo misspell when her mother drills her on the phone?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

6. The play's title is most relevant to which character?
(a) Artie.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Echo.
(d) Echo's father.

7. What does Dorothea do to help Artie learn?
(a) She gives her a math test everyday.
(b) She hires tutors.
(c) She calls words out for her to spell from the dictionary.
(d) She walks her to school each morning.

8. What is the relationship between the women in the family?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Famial love, tainted with resentment and bitterness.
(c) Extreme animosity.
(d) Love and charity.

9. What happened when Artie tried to fly?
(a) She refused to try.
(b) She started to fly, and then fell.
(c) She failed.
(d) She flew around the yard.

10. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A psychic.
(d) An eccentric.

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

12. What method of learning is Artie against?
(a) Drill and practice.
(b) Total recall.
(c) Comprehension of stories.
(d) Problem-solving.

13. How do Echo and Dorothea communicate?
(a) Echo can read Dorothea's mind.
(b) Echo insists that she can hear Dorothea speak even though Dorothea is mute.
(c) Dorothea writes messages on a dry erase board.
(d) Dorothea and Echo learned sign language.

14. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.
(a) Leaving.
(b) Loving.
(c) Having fun with.
(d) Exploiting.

15. How does Dorothea teach her granddaughter?
(a) With a dictionary.
(b) With a video tape.
(c) With banners of Latin and Greek letters.
(d) With a book of Shakespeare's plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generations of women does this play cover?

2. What children do Dorothea and her husband have?

3. Who opens scene 2?

4. When Artie is _______________ she becomes pregnant.

5. Dorothea tries to _________________________ Artie.

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