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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tried to present themselves as the one in charge of the family, but was ignored by everyone?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Father Dewis.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Halie.

2. Who has a security blanket?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Halie.

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

4. How long has it been since the garden has been worked, according to Dodge?
(a) Tilden's return
(b) Thirty years
(c) Bradley's return
(d) Since the death of Ansel

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

6. Where did Tilden return from, broken and unable to care for himself?
(a) Illinois
(b) Texas
(c) Arizonia
(d) New Mexico

7. What did Sam Shepherd chose a farm as the setting of this play?
(a) He loves to watch vegetables grow.
(b) He was sure Dodge would rallie in the end.
(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.

8. What seemed to be just below the surface of this family's relationship?
(a) That Father Dewis truly cared for Halie.
(b) A light reference to a dark family secret.
(c) That Tilden was a practising Catholic.
(d) The fact that Bradley was a drunk.

9. Who are Dodge and Halie's sons?
(a) John and Tilden.
(b) Bradley and James.
(c) Father Dewis and Tilden.
(d) Tilden and Bradley.

10. What is in Illinois?
(a) Bradley's house.
(b) The jail.
(c) The farm.
(d) Ansel's wedding.

11. Who had an incestuous relationship?
(a) Halie and Tilden.
(b) Halie and Father Dewis.
(c) Halie and Bradley.
(d) Halie and Ansel.

12. There are vague hints about a dark secret hidden in what area of the farm?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) The back porch.
(c) The living room on the sofa.
(d) The backyard.

13. What is primary character does Halie portray?
(a) Promiscuous and self centered.
(b) Devoted to Tilden.
(c) Morning Ansel.
(d) Committed to Bradley.

14. When Tilden left corn husks on the floor, who did Halie say would be upset if they found them on the floor?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.

15. Where did Halie spend most of her time?
(a) With Father Dewis.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) Upstairs off stage.
(d) Visiting Ansel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tilden continue to bring in from the backyard?

2. Who had a wooden leg form an accident with a chain saw?

3. Who's life is centered on a couch, television, and a bottle?

4. Who shouts from upstairs telling Dodge to take his medication when he coughs?

5. Who has a wooden leg?

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