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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dorothea live?
(a) About an hour away from Artie's house.
(b) In an apartment in Artie's building.
(c) In a house near Artie.
(d) In a house next door to Artie.

2. What news does Artie have for her mother when she calls her for the second time in scene 4?
(a) She is sick and needs help.
(b) She is married to a professor, is about to finish her graduate degree in BioChem, and is pregnant.
(c) She is unmarried and pregnant.
(d) She has flunked out of college.

3. When Artie comes to Echo's spelling bee, where does she sit?
(a) Right up front so she can cheer on Echo.
(b) Far away from Dorothea so neither she nor Echo can see her.
(c) In the seat directly behind Dorothea.
(d) In the seat next to Dorothea.

4. What does Dorothea do when she finds Artie tearing up the house?
(a) She sends Artie to a friends house while she cleans up.
(b) She gives her the lock of hair and says she never wants it back.
(c) She makes Artie stay home from school to clean up.
(d) She hugs Artie and asks her what is wrong.

5. Why does Echo feel such kinship to Dorothea?
(a) Dorothea reminds Echo of her mother.
(b) Echo feels nokinshipto Dorothea.
(c) Echo feels she is just like Dorothea.
(d) Dorothea raised her.

6. What is Echo's frame of mind as she spells her words?
(a) She is confident and spells them correctly.
(b) She pauses hesitantly after each letter, unsure of herself.
(c) She smiles bravely, but misspells her first word.
(d) She is nervous, but spells them correctly.

7. In reference to Echo and Artie's argument in the beginning of scene 4, what does Artie believe?
(a) That Dorothea is a vegetable.
(b) That Dorothea needs them to intereact with her.
(c) That Dorothea's coma is her fault.
(d) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.

8. How does Dorothea and Artie's phone call first phone call in scene 4 end?
(a) They make plans to meet the next day.
(b) They say good-bye, promising to talk again soon.
(c) Dorothea hangs up.
(d) Artie hangs up.

9. What was important about the trip back east to Dorothea?
(a) Shopping in stores along the way.
(b) Eating in 5-star restaurants.
(c) Getting home as quickly as possible.
(d) Making educational stops for Echo.

10. After Artie accidentally sees Echo in scene 5, what does she suggest to Echo?
(a) That Echo now come to live with her.
(b) That they have dinner together and talk about Echo's schooling.
(c) That Echo try out for the National Spelling Bee.
(d) That Echo and Dorothea come and visit her.

11. How does Artie and Echo's argument end?
(a) Echo leaves in frustration.
(b) They agree to disagree, and both sit with Dorothea.
(c) Echo convinces Artie to talk to Dorothea.
(d) Artie leaves in frustration.

12. Why does Artie tear up the house in scene 5?
(a) She is searching for the lock of hair.
(b) She was looking for her favorite book.
(c) She is mad at her mother and is throwing a tantrum.
(d) She is looking for the homemade wings.

13. Who meets up after the spelling bee?
(a) Echo's father and Artie.
(b) Dorothea and Echo.
(c) Echo and Artie.
(d) Artie and Dorothea.

14. What does Dorothea do with the lock of hair?
(a) She puts in a frame in the living room.
(b) She puts in a locket which she wears.
(c) She hides it from Artie.
(d) She throws it away.

15. What is Dorothea's relationship with her son-in-law?
(a) They do not know each other at all.
(b) They barely tolerate each other.
(c) Dorothea loves him as her own son, but he does not like her.
(d) They are friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which 3 things were most important about the trip back east to Artie?

2. What did Echo think about her mother when she was young?

3. How hard was it for Echo to get to the National Spelling Bee?

4. What does Echo do as Artie leaves the auditorium after the spelling bee?

5. What is the difference between the little boy losing and Echo losing, from Echo's perspective?

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