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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 was Artie able to overcome her childhood?
(a) By forgiving her mother's eccentricity.
(b) By having a baby to love.
(c) By focusing only on her husband and her work.
(d) By remembering how much her mother really loved her.

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

3. What does Dorothea do with the lock of hair?
(a) She hides it from Artie.
(b) She puts in a frame in the living room.
(c) She throws it away.
(d) She puts in a locket which she wears.

4. Why does Artie tear up the house in scene 5?
(a) She is searching for the lock of hair.
(b) She was looking for her favorite book.
(c) She is mad at her mother and is throwing a tantrum.
(d) She is looking for the homemade wings.

5. What excuse does Artie originally give for not being able to attend the spelling bee?
(a) She has an out of town meeting.
(b) Her car is broken down and she cannot get there.
(c) She cannot leave her research.
(d) She is afraid she will make Echo nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Echo feel such kinship to Dorothea?

2. What time of day was it when Dorothea cut the lock of hair from Artie?

3. In scene 4, what does Dorothea say to Artie when Artie calls to tell her where she has been?

4. What does Echo feel when her opponent crumbles?

5. What are Echo and Artie arguing about in the beginning of scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Dorothea wanted Echo to be so willing to give forgiveness?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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