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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam Shepherd's believe America has lost touch with?
(a) The tools to work the agrden.
(b) Their aspirations.
(c) The farm in New Mexico.
(d) The vegetable garden.

2. What marked the climax of this play?
(a) Dodge's death.
(b) Tilden digging up the corpse of the baby buried in the back yard.
(c) Ansel's death.
(d) Bradley finally became the leader of the family.

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) He loves to watch vegetables grow.
(c) It was a beautiful vision of this family's fruitful garden.
(d) it was a contrast between fertile farming and the deteriation of this family.

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

5. Who was responsible for the secret in the backyard?
(a) Bradley and Halie.
(b) Halie and Tilden.
(c) Vince and Halie.
(d) Dodge and Shelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tilden get the corpse of the baby boy?

2. Who hid under a blanket when they wanted to shut out the world?

3. What is in Illinois?

4. What does Vince sense when he stops by the farm to visit?

5. How was Vince treated when he got to the farm?

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