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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In scene 3, when does the audience feel happy for Dorothea?
(a) When Dorothea gets married.
(b) When Dorothea meets the eccentric.
(c) When Dorothea is pregnant with her son.
(d) When Dorothea goes to college.

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

4. Who raised Echo?
(a) Echo's father.
(b) Artie.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) Dorothea.

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

6. What is the happy time that Dorothea recalls in her life?
(a) Marrying her husband.
(b) Meeting the eccentric.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Having her first child.

7. In scene 3, which character does the audience meet more fully?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Dorothea's mother.
(c) Artie.
(d) Echo.

8. 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.

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

10. What is Echo's relationship to Artie?
(a) Echo is Artie's granddaughter.
(b) Echo is Artie's daughter.
(c) Echo is Artie's sister.
(d) Echo is Artie's mother.

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

12. Who does Dorothea meet at the picnic?
(a) A professor at the university.
(b) Her future husband.
(c) A psychic.
(d) A self-proclaimed eccentric.

13. Dorothea began teaching Echo to read at the age of ______________.
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 12 months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Artie remember from her own childhood?

3. Who says that a smart girl will never be married?

4. Artie's fear is considered __________________________.

5. What is Artie's relationship to Dorothea?

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