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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a Catholic bride?
(a) Dodge's girfriend.
(b) Father Dewis's wife.
(c) Ansel's wife.
(d) Bradley's wife.

2. What does Bradley do to Dodge when he comes by?
(a) Turns off the TV so Dodge can't watch it.
(b) Leaves Dodge's head gashed and bleeding.
(c) Brings him a new blanket to repalce the one he lost.
(d) Brings him a bottle of whiskey.

3. Who did the family fear would be angry about a disorderly house?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Father Dewis.
(c) Vince.
(d) Ansel.

4. Where did Dodge send Vince?
(a) Flowers for Shelly
(b) To get vegetables of Tilden.
(c) Flowers for Halie.
(d) To get a bottle of whiskey.

5. The children reflects what in this play?
(a) Their hunger for vegetables.
(b) The happieness found in Illinois.
(c) How much they miss Ansel.
(d) The brokeness of the family structure.

6. What did Shelly try to do?
(a) Sleep in the room.
(b) Buy whiskey.
(c) Persuade Vince to leave.
(d) Cook corn and carrots.

7. Where was Halie in Act 2?
(a) She wroked in the chruch.
(b) She went shopping for baby clothes.
(c) Made a trip to visit with her sister.
(d) She stayed upstairs most of the time.

8. Finally, what did Vince cry out in anguish?
(a) Who is this Father Dewis?
(b) Did I betray some secret family taboo?
(c) Where is Ansel?
(d) When will Bradley be home?

9. When is Ansel to come home?
(a) Tomorrow, he is the church's handyman.
(b) Soon, he is on his way home from New Mexico.
(c) Thursday, he is Bradley's handyman.
(d) Never, he died on his honeymoon.

10. Who were they going to see in New Mexico?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.

11. Shelly tries to get Vince to leave even though she feels for who?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Ansel.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Tilden.

12. What two characters are introduced in this act?
(a) Vince and Shelly.
(b) Halie's girlfriend.
(c) Bradley's brother.
(d) Ansel's brother.

13. What vegetables did Shelly try to help Tilden with?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Corn.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Potatoes.

14. Who did Shelly try to help with the vegetables from the garden?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Tilden.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Dodge.

15. What vegetables did Tilden pick from the garden?
(a) Peas and potatoes.
(b) Cabbages.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Turnips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tilden talk to Shelly about?

2. Who had a wooden leg?

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

4. When Tilden talked to Shelly about Vince, what did he say?

5. What is the dysfunctional theme of this play?

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