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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Echo is obsessed with __________________.
(a) Her mother.
(b) Running.
(c) Spelling words.
(d) The wings.

2. How does the play open?
(a) Echo is spelling out the word eleemosynary.
(b) Echo hangs up the phone.
(c) Echo explains how she was raised.
(d) Dorothea tries to make Artie fly.

3. Who opens scene 2?
(a) Echo's father.
(b) Echo.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Artie.

4. When Artie calls her daughter on the phone, what does Echo tell Dorothea about the phone call?
(a) That it was from a dead person.
(b) That it was from her father.
(c) That it was a sales call.
(d) That is was a wrong number.

5. What kind of winner was Echo?
(a) Grateful and kind.
(b) Obnoxious and cruel.
(c) Quiet, but proud.
(d) Quiet and unassuming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Echo happy to hear the word "eleemosynary" at the spelling bee?

2. Which character re-enters in the middle of scene 3?

3. What chance of reuniting her family through the spelling bee did Echo have?

4. How many generations of women does this play cover?

5. What does Dorothea do when she finds Artie tearing up the house?

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