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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The children reflects what in this play?
(a) The brokeness of the family structure.
(b) Their hunger for vegetables.
(c) The happieness found in Illinois.
(d) How much they miss Ansel.

2. What is the first thing noticed about Halie?
(a) She constructs grave stones.
(b) She is in the garden club.
(c) She loves vegetables.
(d) She tries to pretend that her marriage and family are strong.

3. What is the dark thread that weaves though this play?
(a) Halie and Bradley have a incestual relationship.
(b) Vince and Halie have a incestual relaionship.
(c) Dodge and Shelly have a sexual relationship.
(d) Halie and Tilden had an incestual relationship.

4. Why does Father Dewis come by?
(a) To see Tilden
(b) To see Ansel
(c) To see Halie
(d) To see Dodge

5. Where was Shelly during Act 2?
(a) With Vince in Dodge's house.
(b) At the store buying whiskey.
(c) In New Mexico.
(d) At the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shelly's relation to the family?

2. Who did Tilden talk to about his lost little baby?

3. What does Tilden talk to Shelly about?

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

5. When Tilden talked to Shelly about Vince, what did he say?

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