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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. Dorothea tries to _________________________ Artie.
(a) Free.
(b) Undermine.
(c) Encourage.
(d) Control.

2. Who is Artie named after?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Arthur, her father.
(c) Artemis, the Greco-Roman huntress; the sister of Apollo.
(d) Arthur,her mother's father.

3. What is Echo doing during scene 3?
(a) Echo is playing in the sandbox.
(b) Echo is spelling.
(c) Echo is reading a book.
(d) Echo is not in the scene.

4. Scene 2 begins and ends with which character?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Artie's father.
(c) Artie.
(d) Echo.

5. How many generations of women does this play cover?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie do after her pregnancy?

2. For Dorothea, eccentricity means _____________________her child.

3. Who first taught Echo to love words?

4. Who raised Echo?

5. What method of learning is Artie against?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

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

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

5. What do you think the purpose of this scene 3 is?

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

7. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

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

9. Why do you think Dorothea has such high expectations of Artie?

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

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