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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. Why did Dorothea choose the name she did for her granddaughter?
(a) So she would only remember the good about people and "echo" it back.
(b) So that she would have a good memory and "echo" back her knowledge.
(c) Because she liked the sound of it.
(d) Because her own mother was named Echo, and she loved her very much.

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

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

4. How many times did Artie run away?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 1 time.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 2 times.

5. In reference to Echo and Artie's argument in the beginning of scene 4, what does Artie believe?
(a) That Dorothea is a vegetable.
(b) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.
(c) That Dorothea needs them to intereact with her.
(d) That Dorothea's coma is her fault.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Artie have for her mother when she calls her for the second time in scene 4?

3. Why was Echo happy to hear the word "eleemosynary" at the spelling bee?

4. How does Dorothea help Echo remember her mother when Artie is gone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do you think Echo said Artie was just a dead person when she called in scene 4?

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

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

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

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

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