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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family hedge around?
(a) Father Dewis is really Halie's husband.
(b) A dark family secret.
(c) Bradley has a baby.
(d) Ansel has a son.

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

3. Where did Vince think Tilden was?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

4. What does Halie present herself to be?
(a) A caring and loving wife and mother.
(b) Vince's girlfriend to smooth the chaos in the family.
(c) A friend of Ansel's wife even though she was a Catholic.
(d) Mother of Father Dewis to cover for the affair.

5. How many daughters does Dodge and Halie have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) The one that is still a farmer.

6. Who was responsible for the secret in the backyard?
(a) Dodge and Shelly.
(b) Vince and Halie.
(c) Halie and Tilden.
(d) Bradley and Halie.

7. Where was Shelly during Act 2?
(a) At the church.
(b) At the store buying whiskey.
(c) With Vince in Dodge's house.
(d) In New Mexico.

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

9. What is the theme of this play?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Trust.
(d) Openess.

10. What did Tilden tell Shelly about the baby?
(a) It could be held with one hand, it was so small noone could find it.
(b) It brought joy to the family.
(c) The lose of the baby tore the family apart.
(d) Halie cried when she saw it's face.

11. What was Father Dewis's relationship to Halie?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her minister and lover.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her brother.

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

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

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

15. Who does Sam Shepherd place most of the blame for this family's failure?
(a) Ancel because he died leaving he family broken and grieving.
(b) The two brothers, Tilden and Bradley.
(c) The mother and father, Halile and Dodge.
(d) Shelly and Father Dewis because they interferred with the family structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ansel?

2. What does Sam Shepherd's believe America has lost touch with?

3. How did Dodge betray his family?

4. Who was on their way to Mexico?

5. How long had Vince been gone?

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