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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is a key factor that started the crack in Halie and Dodge's relationship?
(a) She had a very good herb garden.
(b) She loved to make quilts.
(c) She grew flowers like everyone in the area.
(d) Halie went from the city life full of activity to an isolated life on the farm.

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

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

6. Who has a wooden leg?
(a) Father Dewis
(b) Tilden
(c) Bradley
(d) Ansel

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

8. Who pretends that their marriage and relationship displays a loving partnership?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Halie.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Tilden.

9. Who was an all-American halfback with a bright future ahead of them?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Father Drewis.
(d) Tilden.

10. How does Halie treat Dodge?
(a) Joy overflows their relationship.
(b) She is faithful to her vows.
(c) She retreats from him, hiding upstairs.
(d) She talk continuously about her beloved.

11. Who hid under a blanket when they wanted to shut out the world?
(a) Tilden
(b) Dodge
(c) Halie
(d) Vince

12. What event resulted because of the disintegration of this family structure?
(a) The audultrious relationship between Father Dewis and Halie.
(b) The incestuous relationship between Tilden and Halie.
(c) Ansel's marriage to a Catholic girl.
(d) The sexual relationship between Teldon and Bradley.

13. Why does Sam Shephard write about this type of family?
(a) This family shows how to support your family members when they are in pain.
(b) Enjoys sharing gardening tips.
(c) It is dysfunctonial like his own family.
(d) He enjoys revealing the victory of his family members.

14. What character was on stage during Act one?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Father Drewis.

15. Who spent time in jail?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Father Dewis.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of life did Halie leave behind when she married Dodge?

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

3. What is the first thing noticed about Halie?

4. When did Halie say she knew Ansel would be a dead man?

5. Halie pretends to care for who?

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