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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Dorothea choose the name she did for her granddaughter?
(a) So she would only remember the good about people and "echo" it back.
(b) Because she liked the sound of it.
(c) So that she would have a good memory and "echo" back her knowledge.
(d) Because her own mother was named Echo, and she loved her very much.

3. After all her name-changes and moves, what was Artie finally ready to to?
(a) Try to fly again.
(b) Contact her mother, Dorothea.
(c) Get a real job.
(d) Come home.

4. Why does Dorothea cut off a lock of Artie's hair?
(a) Artie had gum in her hair and she was cutting it out.
(b) She was giving Artie a hair cut.
(c) She wanted to compare Artie's hair with her own.
(d) Dorothea says it will always be a connection to her daughter, Artie.

5. Why aren't Artie and Dorothea happy about Echo winning?
(a) They didn't want Echo to think anything had changed between them.
(b) They feel sorry for the little boy Echo defeated.
(c) They wanted Echo to feel what it was like to lose.
(d) They think that Echo cheated.

6. What is a "vortex"?
(a) The center of a circle.
(b) A very large race track.
(c) An unusually shaped building.
(d) A space in which natural laws of physics are inverted.

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

8. How does Dorothea help Echo remember her mother when Artie is gone?
(a) She never does anyhting to help her remember Artie.
(b) She keeps lots of pictures of Artie aound the house.
(c) She occasionally shows Echo pictures of her mother.
(d) She talks about Artie all the time.

9. How many times did Echo read Robinson Crusoe?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 17 times.

10. What did Echo think about her mother when she was young?
(a) Artie thought her mother was in jail.
(b) Artie never gave her mother any thought.
(c) Artie thought her mother was a movie star.
(d) Artie thought she didn't have a mother.

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

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

13. How long after Artie's phone call before Dorothea shows up on Artie's doorstep?
(a) A month later.
(b) After Echo is born.
(c) A week later.
(d) A year later.

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

15. What time of day was it when Dorothea cut the lock of hair from Artie?
(a) Right before bedtime.
(b) First thing in the morning
(c) The middle of the night.
(d) At lunchtime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Echo remember about the trip back east?

2. What is Echo's final word in the spelling bee?

3. How many times did Artie run away?

4. What are Echo and Artie arguing about in the beginning of scene 4?

5. What is Echo's plan for the spelling bee?

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