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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 Artie accomplish on her own?
2. Which 3 things were most important about the trip back east to Artie?
3. Why does Echo feel such kinship to Dorothea?
4. What did Echo remember about the trip back east?
5. How old was Artie when Dorothea cut off the lock of her hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Dorothea change her granddaughter's name to Echo?
2. Why does Dorothea cut a lock of Artie's hair?
3. Why are Artie and Echo arguing over Dorothea as scene 4 opens?
4. Why do you think that Echo put on the wings in the beginning of scene 5?
5. Why did Artie move and change her name so many times?
6. Why do you think Echo said Artie was just a dead person when she called in scene 4?
7. Why does Artie feel that she has fulfilled her commitment to Echo?
8. Do you think Artie realizes the importance of the spelling bee to Echo?
9. Why do you think that Dorothea reacts so coldly to Artie when she searches for the lock of hair?
10. Why do you think the author chose to "kill off"all the male characters in the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
At some points in the play, Artie seems to have freed herself of her past and becomes a successful, functioning, happy individual. At what point is this true, and which events turn her life back around into the character she again becomes at the end of the play?
Essay Topic 3
Echo never really has a chance to reunite her mother and grandmother. Discuss why she believes she can, and how she plans it.
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