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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorothea feel is the most important aspect of Echo's personality?
(a) That she speaks her mind.
(b) That she grant forgiveness.
(c) That she is well-educated.
(d) That she is confident.

2. 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's coma is her fault.
(c) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.
(d) That Dorothea needs them to intereact with her.

3. Why does Echo buy the Robinson Crusoe book?
(a) She thought it looked like a great story.
(b) She saw her mother looking at it.
(c) Dorothea had told her the story.
(d) Artie recommended it to her when she called.

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

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

6. What kind of winner was Echo?
(a) Quiet, but proud.
(b) Grateful and kind.
(c) Quiet and unassuming.
(d) Obnoxious and cruel.

7. How old was Artie when Dorothea cut off the lock of her hair?
(a) Artie was in her thirties.
(b) Artie was an infant.
(c) Artie was eighteen.
(d) Artie was seven.

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

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

10. Why is winning the spelling bee so important to Echo?
(a) She wants her mother to be proud of her.
(b) She wants her grandmother to be proud of her.
(c) She thinks it will reunite her mother and grandmother.
(d) She wants the prize for winning.

11. 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) Far away from Dorothea so neither she nor Echo can see her.
(d) In the seat next to Dorothea.

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

13. Why does Artie give Dorothea a kiss after the spelling bee?
(a) She wanted to cheer up Dorothea.
(b) She really loves her mother and wants to show it.
(c) Echo asked her to do it.
(d) She wants to show fake affection for Echo's sake.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In reference to Echo and Artie's argument in the beginning of scene 4, what does Echo believe?

2. Where does Artie accidentally see Echo?

3. What did Artie do right after kissing Dorothea after the spelling bee?

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

5. What is a "vortex"?

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