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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Echo and her mother talk about on the phone?

2. How do Echo and Dorothea communicate?

3. What is Echo's relationship to Artie?

4. In scene 2 when the scene fades to black, where is the audience's attention redirected to?

5. Which character ends scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Artie feel that she was Dorothea's guinea pig as she grew up?

2. How does Dorothea's choice to become an eccentric take away Artie's freedom?

3. Why do you think Artie is not worried about her own issues?

4. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

5. Why is it ironic that Artie constantly drills spelling words to Echo?

6. How is Dorothea's educational treatment of Echo similar to how she raised Artie?

7. Who is the controller in the play? Who is being controlled?

8. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

9. What does Artie admit is her own neurosis?

10. What do you think the author's purpose was in having Echo spelling heard between Dorothea's recollections?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how motherhood is handled by both Dorothea and Artie. Do you think Echo will be different in her role as a mother?

Essay Topic 2

Artie was set up for failure repeatedly by Dorothea's unreasonable expectations. Explore these scenes and write about how these early events later influenced Artie's life choices. Give evidence from the play to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dorothea's reaction to Artie searching for her lock of hair. Why is this so important to Dorothea, and is Dorothea reasonable in her reaction to Artie's search?

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