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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dorothea's childhood like?
(a) Dorothea felt worthless and guilty growing up.
(b) Dorothea's parents doted on Dorothea.
(c) Dorothea had lots of friends and was happy.
(d) Dorothea had a wonderful childhood filled with love.

2. Who first taught Echo to love words?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Echo's aunt.
(c) Artie.
(d) Echo's father.

3. Where does Artie find employment at the end of scene 2?
(a) Artie can't find a job.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a private school.
(d) At a small college.

4. Who is Artie named after?
(a) Arthur,her mother's father.
(b) Arthur, her father.
(c) Artemis, the Greco-Roman huntress; the sister of Apollo.
(d) Arthur.

5. Where in scene 3 does the audience feel sympathy for Dorothea?
(a) When Dorothea is forced into marriage and deprived of an education.
(b) When Dorothea meets her husband.
(c) When Dorothea is tremendously ill.
(d) When Dorothea is pregnant with Artie.

6. How do Echo and Dorothea communicate?
(a) Echo insists that she can hear Dorothea speak even though Dorothea is mute.
(b) Dorothea writes messages on a dry erase board.
(c) Echo can read Dorothea's mind.
(d) Dorothea and Echo learned sign language.

7. What is the last name of the family in this play?
(a) Brookshire.
(b) Westbrook.
(c) Heathers.
(d) Westover.

8. What is Echo doing during scene 3?
(a) Echo is spelling.
(b) Echo is reading a book.
(c) Echo is playing in the sandbox.
(d) Echo is not in the scene.

9. Artie's fear is considered __________________________.
(a) Not real.
(b) A gift.
(c) Hypochondria.
(d) A neurosis.

10. How does Artie communicate with her mother when her mother is mute?
(a) She doesn't.
(b) She sings to her.
(c) She talks to her.
(d) She reads to her.

11. When Artie is _______________ she becomes pregnant.
(a) 16
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 21.

12. How does Artie feel about the outcome of her pregnancy?
(a) Relief.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Deeply traumatized.
(d) Happiness.

13. What trait does Artie say she has that makes her life so hard?
(a) She cannot remember details.
(b) She has freckles.
(c) She is unable to forget anything.
(d) She is too tall.

14. What foreshadows the relationship between Echo and Artie in the first scene?
(a) Echo communicating with mute Dorothea.
(b) Echo drawing a picture.
(c) Artie running to hug her daughter.
(d) Echo spelling the title of the play out loud.

15. How many words does Echo misspell when her mother drills her on the phone?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of learning is Artie against?

2. Who opens scene 2?

3. Artie has an inability to do what, regarding Echo?

4. What does Artie remember from her own childhood?

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

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