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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 does Echo do as Artie leaves the auditorium after the spelling bee?

2. Why does Artie leave Echo with Dorothea?

3. Why does Artie not like the vortex?

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

5. What does Echo feel when her opponent crumbles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Echo so ruthless in her defeat of the little boy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Character names are very important in this play and have a kind of "self-fulfilling prophesy". Discuss how this is especially true for Artie. Give examples from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Dorothea and Artie have negative feelings about Echo winning the spelling bee because of Echo's poor treatment of her opponent. How do you think things might have been different if Echo had actually lost the spelling bee? How do you think Artie and Dorothea would have reacted then?

Essay Topic 3

Artie said she could remember everything and was against total recall as a form of learning. Despite this, she drilled Echo repeatedly on spelling words. Why do you think she chose to teach Echo in this way? What other factors may have played into her decision?

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