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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dorothea find Artie at the end of scene 2?
(a) With the help of Echo.
(b) With the help of a private investigator.
(c) Dorothea never finds Artie.
(d) WIth a map and compass.

2. How does Dorothea meet her husband?
(a) She meets him in the restaurant where she works.
(b) She meets him in college.
(c) Her father arranges the marriage.
(d) Her friends introduces them.

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

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

5. How many generations of women does this play cover?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

6. Scene 2 begins and ends with which character?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Echo.
(c) Artie's father.
(d) Artie.

7. What did Echo and her mother talk about on the phone?
(a) Artie told Echo how to fly.
(b) Artie called out words for Echo to spell.
(c) Artie asked questions about Dorothea.
(d) Artie told Echo stories about her childhood.

8. 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.

9. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A psychic.
(c) A nurse.
(d) An eccentric.

10. How does Dorothea feel about her husband?
(a) Dorothea feels no grief when he dies.
(b) Dorothea feels pity for her husband.
(c) Dorothea hates her husband.
(d) Dorothea loves him dearly.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Artie named after?

2. Who opens scene 2?

3. What is Echo's relationship to Artie?

4. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.

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

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