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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Halie say Dodge has become?
(a) Head of Bradley's household.
(b) The man with a wooden leg.
(c) The father of Tildren's children.
(d) An evil, spiteful, vengeful man.

3. What position did Dodge hold in the family?
(a) Son and friend
(b) Father and husband
(c) Father Drewis' partner
(d) Halie's lover

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pretends that their marriage and relationship displays a loving partnership?

2. How does Halie treat Dodge?

3. Who shouts from upstairs telling Dodge to take his medication when he coughs?

4. One of the characters appears to be an upright and righteous member of the church, who is that character?

5. Who had a wooden leg form an accident with a chain saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Halie for spending time with Father Dewis?

2. Who is the first character to appear in Act 1?

3. Why do you think Tilden acts the way he does?

4. What does Halie think about Ansel at the beginning of the story?

5. What's one indication that Tilden is not his self and disturbed?

6. Where is Tilden prohibited from going to?

7. What proves that Halie is far from a care taking wife?

8. How do the family members get along in the first act of this play?

9. What is Halie's way of showing her apparent concern for Dodge?

10. What is Bradley like at the start of the play?

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