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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dorothea convince Artie to do about her pregnancy?
(a) Dorothea convinces Artie to have the baby at home.
(b) Dorothea is disappointed that Artie is so young, but is excited about having a grandchild.
(c) Dorothea convinces Artie to give the baby up for adoption.
(d) Dorothea convinces Artie to have an abortion so she can go to college as planned.

3. What is Dorothea's reaction to Artie's pregnancy?
(a) Dorothea is disappointed that Artie is so young, but is excited about having a grandchild.
(b) Dorothea wants Artie to get married before the baby is born.
(c) Dorothea is upset because she feels having a child would ruin Artie's chance at an education.
(d) Dorothea is thrilled and cannot wait until the baby is born.

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

5. What is an eccentric?
(a) A person of extreme intelligence.
(b) A person who is kind to everyone.
(c) A person completely unbound by the ordinary rules and responsibilities the rest of society must accept.
(d) A person who can spell very well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wings represent to Artie?

2. What great skill does Echo have?

3. How old is Echo when the plays opens?

4. Echo is obsessed with __________________.

5. What happens to Dorothea's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Artie begins and ends scene two. What do we learn about the character?

2. Why do you think Artie is not worried about her own issues?

3. What is the primary complication between the Westbrook women in this play?

4. Who ignited Echo's original love of words?

5. At what point in scene 3 do you think the audience loses sympathy for Dorothea?

6. In scene 1, Dorothea has had a stroke and is rendered mute. Why do you think Echo insists she can hear Dorothea?

7. Why does Artie feel her ability to remember everything is an inconvenience?

8. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

9. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

10. Why do you think Artie is unable to communicate effectively with her daughter?

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