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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dodge remove from the table when he sent Vince to town?
(a) Money to buy a bottle of whiskey.
(b) Carrots that were cleaned and ready to prepare for lunch.
(c) The cooked corn that had been prepared.
(d) The letter from Father Dewis.

2. Who are having an adulterous affair in the play?
(a) Halie and Father Drewis.
(b) Halie and and Dodge.
(c) Halie and Tilden.
(d) Halie and Bradley.

3. What does Halie present herself to be?
(a) Vince's girlfriend to smooth the chaos in the family.
(b) A friend of Ansel's wife even though she was a Catholic.
(c) Mother of Father Dewis to cover for the affair.
(d) A caring and loving wife and mother.

4. Who does Halie say needs to stay out of the yard?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Dodge.

5. How did Halie betray the family?
(a) The family's history.
(b) The promises of the church.
(c) Covering her head with a blanket..
(d) By failing to keep her responsibility's to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Halie spend most of her time?

3. What is the backdrop for this play?

4. What happened to his leg?

5. Who was Ansel?

(see the answer key)

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