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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In scene 4, what does Dorothea say to Artie when Artie calls to tell her where she has been?
(a) That she was no longer looking for her.
(b) That she has been looking for her everywhere.
(c) That she could not wait to see her.
(d) That she loves her very much.

3. What does Echo feel when her opponent crumbles?
(a) She thinks he is over reacting.
(b) She doesn't even notice.
(c) She feels sorry for him.
(d) She is appalled by his behavior.

4. What happens when Echo is seven?
(a) Artie moves back in the house with Dorothea and Echo.
(b) Artie remarries and takes Echo back to live with her.
(c) Artie gets a job 50 miles away from her.
(d) Echo runs away.

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

6. 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.

7. What is Artie's response to Dorothea being back in her life?
(a) She is very grateful to have her mother's help.
(b) She is overjoyed to be back in her mother's life.
(c) She is jealous of her mother's relationship with her husband.
(d) Seeing Dorothea brings back all the trauma of her childhood.

8. What is Echo's final word in the spelling bee?
(a) "Eccentricity".
(b) "Forgiveness".
(c) "Eleemosynary".
(d) "Alphabet".

9. How many times did Artie run away?
(a) 1 time.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 3 times.

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

11. How did the family end up back in Dorothea's house back east?
(a) They drove there after Echo's father died.
(b) They took Echo on her first plane ride to get there.
(c) They hitchhiked across the country.
(d) They took a bus.

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

13. What excuse does Artie originally give for not being able to attend the spelling bee?
(a) She is afraid she will make Echo nervous.
(b) She cannot leave her research.
(c) Her car is broken down and she cannot get there.
(d) She has an out of town meeting.

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

15. In reference to Echo and Artie's argument in the beginning of scene 4, what does Echo believe?
(a) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.
(b) That Dorothea will never recover.
(c) That Dorothea's coma is Artie's fault.
(d) That Dorothea cannot hear them in her coma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Echo doing as scene 5 opens?

3. What does Dorothea feel is the most important aspect of Echo's personality?

4. Instead of coming to see Echo, what does Artie do?

5. What does Dorothea do with the lock of hair?

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