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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. After Artie accidentally sees Echo in scene 5, what does she suggest to Echo?
(a) That Echo now come to live with her.
(b) That Echo and Dorothea come and visit her.
(c) That Echo try out for the National Spelling Bee.
(d) That they have dinner together and talk about Echo's schooling.

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

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

4. What is Echo's final word in the spelling bee?
(a) "Forgiveness".
(b) "Eleemosynary".
(c) "Eccentricity".
(d) "Alphabet".

5. What does Echo do as Artie leaves the auditorium after the spelling bee?
(a) Smiles and waves good bye.
(b) Begs her to stay.
(c) Runs after her.
(d) Cries openly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Dorothea cut off a lock of Artie's hair?

3. How does Artie and Echo's argument end?

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

5. Who meets up after the spelling bee?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does what Dorothea says about the lock of hair always connecting her to Artie foreshadow their relationship?

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

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

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

5. Why is Echo unable to see what she is doing to the little boy in the Spelling Bee?

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

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

8. Why do you think that Dorothea reacts so coldly to Artie when she searches for the lock of hair?

9. Why are Artie and Echo arguing over Dorothea as scene 4 opens?

10. Why do you think the author chose the book "Robinson Crusoe" to mention as being connected to Artie?

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