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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who made the wings that a character is wearing in the first scene?
(a) Artie.
(b) Echo.
(c) Echo's sister.
(d) Dorothea.

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

5. How did Artie's father feel about her having tutors?
(a) He was indifferent about it.
(b) He was all for it.
(c) He was against it.
(d) He felt she was not learning anything from them.

6. How old is Echo when the plays opens?
(a) Newborn.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 2.

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

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

9. Artie has an inability to do what, regarding Echo?
(a) Drive her to school.
(b) Show affection.
(c) Keep her healthy.
(d) Talk.

10. What children do Dorothea and her husband have?
(a) Echo and Artie.
(b) Two sons and Artie, her daughter.
(c) A boy and a girl named Artie.
(d) Just Artie.

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

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

13. Dorothea has ______________________expectations for her daughter.
(a) No.
(b) Reasonable.
(c) Very low.
(d) Unreasonable.

14. How many times was Artie pregnant?
(a) Twice.
(b) 4 times.
(c) Once.
(d) 3 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In scene 3, which character does the audience meet more fully?

2. When Artie is _______________ she becomes pregnant.

3. What is the last name of the family in this play?

4. How concerned is Artie about her fear?

5. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.

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