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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can eccentricity do for Dorothea?
(a) Make her a better mother.
(b) Make her famous.
(c) Be a way to finally get her education.
(d) Offer an escape from the mendacity of her life as well as an outlet for her creativity and intelligence.

2. How did the wings look?
(a) Blue and yellow.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Crudely fashioned.

3. What does Artie do after her pregnancy?
(a) Artie runs away.
(b) Artie gets a job at a restaurant.
(c) Artie decides to be a stay-at-home mom.
(d) Artie goes to college.

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

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

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

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

8. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.
(a) Having fun with.
(b) Loving.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Exploiting.

9. The play's title is most relevant to which character?
(a) Artie.
(b) Echo's father.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Echo.

10. What happens on Artie's way back home at the end of scene 2?
(a) She becomes lost in the airport.
(b) She is robbed.
(c) She escapes through a restaurant window.
(d) She gets in a terrible automobile accident.

11. What is Dorothea's reaction to Artie's pregnancy?
(a) Dorothea is upset because she feels having a child would ruin Artie's chance at an education.
(b) Dorothea wants Artie to get married before the baby is born.
(c) Dorothea is disappointed that Artie is so young, but is excited about having a grandchild.
(d) Dorothea is thrilled and cannot wait until the baby is born.

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

13. In scene 2 when the scene fades to black, where is the audience's attention redirected to?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Artie's father.
(c) Echo.
(d) Artie.

14. Which character re-enters in the middle of scene 3?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Artie.
(c) Dorothea's husband.
(d) Echo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between the women in the family?

2. What did Artie name her daughter?

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

4. Who raised Echo?

5. Dorothea tries to _________________________ Artie.

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