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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 does Dorothea do when she finds Artie tearing up the house?
(a) She makes Artie stay home from school to clean up.
(b) She sends Artie to a friends house while she cleans up.
(c) She gives her the lock of hair and says she never wants it back.
(d) She hugs Artie and asks her what is wrong.

2. Why does Echo buy the Robinson Crusoe book?
(a) She thought it looked like a great story.
(b) Artie recommended it to her when she called.
(c) She saw her mother looking at it.
(d) Dorothea had told her the story.

3. What is Echo doing as scene 5 opens?
(a) Echo is wearing the wings.
(b) Echo is sleeping.
(c) Echo is spelling out loud.
(d) Echo is talking to her father.

4. What is Echo's frame of mind as she spells her words?
(a) She is confident and spells them correctly.
(b) She pauses hesitantly after each letter, unsure of herself.
(c) She smiles bravely, but misspells her first word.
(d) She is nervous, but spells them correctly.

5. What does Artie accomplish on her own?
(a) She opens her own restaurant.
(b) She writes a book.
(c) She puts herself through college.
(d) She raises her daughter on her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Artie leave Echo with Dorothea?

2. Instead of coming to see Echo, what does Artie do?

3. Who meets up after the spelling bee?

4. What does Artie do when she sees her daughter in scene 5?

5. What is Artie's response to Dorothea being back in her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why do you think the author chose to "kill off"all the male characters in the play?

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

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

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

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