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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had a wooden leg form an accident with a chain saw?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Father Dewis.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.

3. Who owned this farm?
(a) Tilden, because he had a vegetable garden.
(b) Dodge, he was the father and husband.
(c) Bradley, since he repesented ordor to this family.
(d) Ansel, because he spent his life preparing the land to harvest.

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

5. Halie pretends to care for who?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Dodge.

6. Who usually comes drunk after being out all night? And who does she bring with her?
(a) Tilden and Halie.
(b) Dodge and Halie.
(c) Halie and Father Dewis.
(d) Bradley and Halie.

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

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

9. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Halie.

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

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

12. What is the backdrop for this play?
(a) Living room in an Illinois farm house.
(b) The backyard where vegetables are picked.
(c) Upstairs where Halie hides during the play.
(d) The backporch overlooking the garden.

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

14. Dodge said this to who? "Don't go outside. There's nothing out there."
(a) Ansel.
(b) Father Dewis.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Tilden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What set off this family toward disaster?

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

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

4. What event resulted because of the disintegration of this family structure?

5. What does Halie say Dodge has become?

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