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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 Artie feel when she sees her daughter in scene 5?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Panicked.
(d) Pure joy.

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

3. What is Echo's plan for the spelling bee?
(a) To have both her mother and grandmother come to the spelling bee and be reunited.
(b) To run away at the spelling bee.
(c) To intentionally lose the spelling bee to gain her mother's pity.
(d) To win the spelling bee.

4. In Scene 6, how does Artie communicate with her daughter after seeing her?
(a) She calls her to help her study spelling.
(b) She writes her letters once a week.
(c) She visits her once a month.
(d) She breaks off all communication.

5. What does Artie inform Dorothea of after the spelling bee?
(a) They must talk to Echo about her behavior.
(b) That she was taking Echo to live with her.
(c) They must share a familial kiss for Echo.
(d) That she never wanted to see Echo again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of winner was Echo?

2. Artie considered going to the spelling bee as her ___________.

3. How does Artie tell Echo about the National Spelling Bee?

4. Where does Dorothea live?

5. What does Artie accomplish on her own?

Short Essay Questions

1. After all her time away from Dorothea, why do you think Artie finally called her?

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

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

4. Why does Artie feel that she has fulfilled her commitment to Echo?

5. Why do you think that Echo put on the wings in the beginning of scene 5?

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

7. What happens to Artie when her mother reappears in her life?

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

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

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

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