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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Halie say she knew Ansel would be a dead man?
(a) When Dodge cried.
(b) When the priest had a gun.
(c) When he kissed the bride.
(d) When he placed a ring on his bride's finger.

2. What does Halie say Dodge has become?
(a) The man with a wooden leg.
(b) An evil, spiteful, vengeful man.
(c) Head of Bradley's household.
(d) The father of Tildren's children.

3. What did Sam Shepherd chose a farm as the setting of this play?
(a) He was sure Dodge would rallie in the end.
(b) It was a beautiful vision of this family's fruitful garden.
(c) it was a contrast between fertile farming and the deteriation of this family.
(d) He loves to watch vegetables grow.

4. Who is Ansel?
(a) Halie and Dodge's son.
(b) Bradley' s father.
(c) Tilden's son.
(d) Member of Father Drewis' church.

5. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?
(a) Halie.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Bradley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a drunken, ill, argumentative old man?

2. When Tilden left corn husks on the floor, who did Halie say would be upset if they found them on the floor?

3. Who has a wooden leg?

4. Why does Father Dewis come by?

5. Why does Sam Shephard write about this type of family?

(see the answer key)

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