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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. What trait does Artie say she has that makes her life so hard?
(a) She cannot remember details.
(b) She is too tall.
(c) She has freckles.
(d) She is unable to forget anything.

2. What was Dorothea's childhood like?
(a) Dorothea had a wonderful childhood filled with love.
(b) Dorothea felt worthless and guilty growing up.
(c) Dorothea had lots of friends and was happy.
(d) Dorothea's parents doted on Dorothea.

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

4. Who opens the third scene?
(a) Artie's father.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Artie.
(d) Echo.

5. Who raised Echo?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) Echo's father.
(d) Artie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the family in this play?

2. What does Dorothea value over motherhood?

3. What is Dorothea's reaction to Artie's pregnancy?

4. Why were Artie and Echo's conversations limited?

5. Who first taught Echo to love words?

Short Essay Questions

1. In scene 1, Dorothea has had a stroke and is rendered mute. Why do you think Echo insists she can hear Dorothea?

2. At what point in scene 3 do you think the audience loses sympathy for Dorothea?

3. What skill does Echo have, and how does this skill become a form of communication between Echo and her mother?

4. What do you think the author's purpose was in having Echo spelling heard between Dorothea's recollections?

5. How is Dorothea's educational treatment of Echo similar to how she raised Artie?

6. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

7. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

8. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

9. Why does Artie feel her ability to remember everything is an inconvenience?

10. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

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