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

2. Whose betrayal started the total destruction of this family?
(a) Bradley's
(b) Halie's
(c) Tilden's
(d) Ansel's wife

3. What type of life did Halie leave behind when she married Dodge?
(a) Caring for Bradley.
(b) Life in the city with variety and stimulation.
(c) Being an upstanding member of the church.
(d) Being the mother of Ansel.

4. When Tilden left corn husks on the floor, who did Halie say would be upset if they found them on the floor?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.

5. Who hid under a blanket when they wanted to shut out the world?
(a) Halie
(b) Vince
(c) Dodge
(d) Tilden

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owned this farm?

2. Why does Halie say she didn't want Tilden not to go outside?

3. How does Halie treat Dodge?

4. What set off this family toward disaster?

5. Who had an incestuous relationship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Halie resent the Catholics?

5. What might be Bradley's reasons for being so mean?

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

7. How are Dodge and Halie presented in the first act?

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

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

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

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