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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 does Sam Shepherd's believe America has lost touch with?
(a) The farm in New Mexico.
(b) The vegetable garden.
(c) Their aspirations.
(d) The tools to work the agrden.

2. What did Dodge remove from the table when he sent Vince to town?
(a) Money to buy a bottle of whiskey.
(b) The letter from Father Dewis.
(c) Carrots that were cleaned and ready to prepare for lunch.
(d) The cooked corn that had been prepared.

3. What is the dysfunctional theme of this play?
(a) A priest and Shelly.
(b) A father and his daughter.
(c) The incest between a mother and her son.
(d) A brother and a sister.

4. Who did Dodge send after a bottle?
(a) Father Dewis.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Shelly.
(d) Vince.

5. Who had a wooden leg?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Tilden.

Short Answer Questions

1. The children reflects what in this play?

2. What did Vince do to try to be remembered?

3. What did Tilden tell Shelly about the baby?

4. Who had the incestuous relationship?

5. Ansel was a promising son of who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What could have Tilden meant when he remarked that he saw a face within Vince's face?

2. Dodge persuades Vince to take what from the table?

3. Did Vince's efforts bring positive results?

4. Who are the new characters introduced in Act 2?

5. Where is Halie in Act 2?

6. Was Vince upset over the fact that he was not recognized by his father and grandfather?

7. What could Vince have meant by his remark about betraying family taboos?

8. What was the relationship between Fahter Dewis and Halie?

9. What is an indication that Vince was upset over the fact that he was not recognized by his father and grandfather?

10. What was Tilden referring to when he was refered to the little baby's disappearance?

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