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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was in New Mexico?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Father Dewis.
2. Who cut off Dodge's hair?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Halie.
(c) Father Drewis.
(d) Tilden.
3. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?
(a) Halie.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Dodge.
4. What is the backdrop for this play?
(a) The backyard where vegetables are picked.
(b) Upstairs where Halie hides during the play.
(c) The backporch overlooking the garden.
(d) Living room in an Illinois farm house.
5. Why does Father Dewis come by?
(a) To see Ansel
(b) To see Halie
(c) To see Dodge
(d) To see Tilden
6. How long has it been since the garden has been worked, according to Dodge?
(a) Since the death of Ansel
(b) Tilden's return
(c) Bradley's return
(d) Thirty years
7. What set off this family toward disaster?
(a) The mismatch between Dodge and Halie.
(b) Halie's devotion to her children.
(c) Father Dewis' devotion to Dodge.
(d) Dodge's trust for his wife.
8. Who did Halie say she and Father Dewis was planning a monument for?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Ansel.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Tilden.
9. Who are having an adulterous affair in the play?
(a) Halie and Bradley.
(b) Halie and Father Drewis.
(c) Halie and Tilden.
(d) Halie and and Dodge.
10. What did Sam Shepherd chose a farm as the setting of this play?
(a) It was a beautiful vision of this family's fruitful garden.
(b) He loves to watch vegetables grow.
(c) He was sure Dodge would rallie in the end.
(d) it was a contrast between fertile farming and the deteriation of this family.
11. Who taunted Halie about " the breeder-man teaching her a thing or two"?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tildren.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Dodge.
12. Who tried to present themselves as the one in charge of the family, but was ignored by everyone?
(a) Tilden.
(b) Halie.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Father Dewis.
13. Who is Ansel?
(a) Halie and Dodge's son.
(b) Bradley' s father.
(c) Tilden's son.
(d) Member of Father Drewis' church.
14. What is the main theme of this play?
(a) The best way to grow vegtables.
(b) The dysfunction of this family.
(c) The virtue of marriage.
(d) How to be a strong Christian.
15. What does Tilden continue to bring in from the backyard?
(a) Soil for house plants.
(b) Garden tools.
(c) Flowers for Halie.
(d) Vegetables.
Short Answer Questions
1. What seemed to be just below the surface of this family's relationship?
2. Who's life is centered on a couch, television, and a bottle?
3. Where did Tilden return from, broken and unable to care for himself?
4. Who pretends that their marriage and relationship displays a loving partnership?
5. Dodge said this to who? "Don't go outside. There's nothing out there."
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