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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. Who was not recognized after a six year absence?
(a) Shelly.
(b) Vince.
(c) Halie.
(d) Ansel.

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

3. What relation is Halie to Shelly?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Shelly's boyfriend's mother.
(c) Shelly's minister's girlfriend.
(d) Her aunt.

4. How long had Vince been gone?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Eight years.

5. What character stayed on stage during the first two acts of the play?
(a) The owner, and the farmer of the land.
(b) The host of the church meetings.
(c) The minister, and friend.
(d) A city man trying to learn to farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Father Dewis's relationship to Halie?

2. What vegetables did Tilden pick from the garden?

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

4. When is Ansel to come home?

5. What does the family hedge around?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Was there anything that possibly indicated Tilden's recognition of Vince?

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

5. Was it easy for Vince to connect with his family when he came for a visit?

6. Who is Vince's father?

7. What is Shelly's attitude and behavior throughout the visit?

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

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

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

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