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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorothea do to help Artie learn?
(a) She gives her a math test everyday.
(b) She walks her to school each morning.
(c) She hires tutors.
(d) She calls words out for her to spell from the dictionary.

2. What do the wings represent to Artie?
(a) A wonderful time from her childhood.
(b) A way that she can finally fly.
(c) A gift from a loving mother.
(d) Her terrible childhood with an eccentric, controlling mother.

3. When Dorothea changed her granddaughter's name, Echo was ___________.
(a) 1 year old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 3 months old.

4. After Dorothea talks about her marriage, what topic does she talk about?
(a) Her first meeting of an eccentric.
(b) Her relationship with her father.
(c) Her knowledge base.
(d) Her great love for her daughter.

5. How does Artie teach her daughter?
(a) By quizzing her constantly on how to spell words.
(b) By having her use words in a sentence to show that she knows what they mean.
(c) By talking about stories she has read.
(d) By making her do pages of math problems.

6. What does Dorothea's husband promise her, but then does not fulfill?
(a) That they will live in a big house.
(b) That Dorothea can have children.
(c) That Dorothea can go to college.
(d) That they will move to the country.

7. Why does Dorothea marry her husband?
(a) Dorothea wants to have children.
(b) Dorothea loves him.
(c) Dorothea marries him for money.
(d) She is forced into the marriage by her father.

8. What is Artie's relationship to Dorothea?
(a) Artie is Dorothea's granddaughter.
(b) Artie is Dorothea's father.
(c) Artie is Dorothea's daughter.
(d) Artie is Dorothea's husband.

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

10. Who enters the first scene wearing wings?
(a) Artie.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Echo.
(d) No one.

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

12. Why were Artie and Echo's conversations limited?
(a) Artie did not know any other way to reach out to her daughter.
(b) Dorothea interupted their phone conversations.
(c) Dorothea would not allow them to talk on the phone.
(d) Echo would only talk about one thing.

13. What happened when Artie tried to fly?
(a) She started to fly, and then fell.
(b) She flew around the yard.
(c) She refused to try.
(d) She failed.

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

15. What does Dorothea value over motherhood?
(a) Fun.
(b) Education.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie do after her pregnancy?

2. What did Artie's mother want her to do when Artie was young?

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

4. How many times was Artie pregnant?

5. What did Echo and her mother talk about on the phone?

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