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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. What chance of reuniting her family through the spelling bee did Echo have?
(a) No chance at all.
(b) A really good chance, if she won.
(c) A really good chance, if she lost.
(d) A great chance, just by getting everyone together.

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

3. Why does Dorothea insist that Artie now needs her when Artie calls her the second time in scene 4?
(a) She needs help finding an apartment.
(b) She will need help with the baby.
(c) She needs her help to find a job.
(d) She needs help to get well.

4. Where does Artie accidentally see Echo?
(a) In the mall.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) At the movies.
(d) At a book fair.

5. How does Artie tell Echo about the National Spelling Bee?
(a) At the book fair.
(b) Over the phone.
(c) At Dorothea's house.
(d) She tells her about it over lunch at the deli.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the family end up back in Dorothea's house back east?

2. What is Echo's frame of mind as she spells her words?

3. What does Artie inform Dorothea of after the spelling bee?

4. What happens when Echo is seven?

5. What excuse does the spelling bee give Artie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dorothea change her granddaughter's name to Echo?

2. Do you think Artie realizes the importance of the spelling bee to Echo?

3. How is Artie's choice of seat at the Spelling Bee a metaphor for her life?

4. What evidence is there in scene 5 that Echo is intrigued by her mother and wants to get to know her?

5. Why do you think Artie left her daughter with Dorothea, despite her own traumatic childhood with her mother?

6. Why does Artie suggest to Echo to practice for the National Spelling Bee?

7. What do all of the "educational stops " which the Westbrook women made have in common?

8. How do Artie and Dorothea feel about Echo's winning of the spelling bee?

9. Why is Echo so ruthless in her defeat of the little boy?

10. Why did Artie move and change her name so many times?

(see the answer keys)

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