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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the airport August is going to in Act 1?
(a) Blue Shoals.
(b) Ouachita.
(c) Mountain Springs.
(d) Paducah.

2. How big does Dan say the bass they caught is?
(a) Seven pounds.
(b) Nine pounds.
(c) Six pounds.
(d) Twelve pounds.

3. What does August refer to Cynthia as when her photograph appears on a slide in Act 1?
(a) Ex-relation by marriage.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) A photographer.

4. What literary term defines August's statement of blindness to the passing moon?
(a) Simile.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Poetic metaphor.

5. How old is Dr. Jean Loggins?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Thirty-one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person to whom August speaks in the tape recorder?

2. Which character is raised and taught by his/her grandmother?

3. What is Delia's father's profession?

4. How many summers did August say that they had previously spent excavating at the site in Act 1?

5. What does Dan complain about at the dig site in Act 1?

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