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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Artie remember from her own childhood?
(a) That her mother used the same banners of Latin and Greek letters with her.
(b) That she loved eating ice cream.
(c) She and her mother baking cookies together.
(d) That her mother sung to her as she put her to bed.

2. What excuse does the spelling bee give Artie?
(a) To visit Echo on a weekly basis.
(b) To mend her relationship with Dorothea.
(c) To practice her own spelling.
(d) To call her daughter more often.

3. Scene 2 begins and ends with which character?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Echo.
(c) Artie's father.
(d) Artie.

4. How hard was it for Echo to get to the National Spelling Bee?
(a) She had to practice a lot.
(b) She only made it because another contestant became ill.
(c) She barely made it there.
(d) She got there easily.

5. How does Dorothea and Artie's phone call first phone call in scene 4 end?
(a) Dorothea hangs up.
(b) Artie hangs up.
(c) They say good-bye, promising to talk again soon.
(d) They make plans to meet the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dorothea changed her granddaughter's name to ______________________.

2. How was Artie able to overcome her childhood?

3. What did Artie name her daughter?

4. What news does Artie have for her mother when she calls her for the second time in scene 4?

5. Why does Echo feel such kinship to Dorothea?

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