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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers the evidence of the village site?
(a) Engineers preparing the lake bed.
(b) August.
(c) The archeology students.
(d) The archeology team.

2. Who does Dan say build burial mounds?
(a) Hunters and gatherers.
(b) Villagers.
(c) Farmers.
(d) The Aztecs.

3. Which character does August say is coming to stay with them unexpectedly?
(a) Jean.
(b) Kirsten.
(c) Delia.
(d) Chad.

4. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) August.
(b) Dan.
(c) Delia.
(d) Cynthia.

5. Which character says, in Act 1, "We'd be working somewhere else if our work here wasn't important?"
(a) Dan.
(b) Jean.
(c) August.
(d) Cynthia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dan's notes state the two mounds in a village were for?

2. What does August say that they were racing against early in Act 1?

3. In what month does the play begin?

4. Which character is raised and taught by his/her grandmother?

5. Which character says, "I have an intense desire to turn to the end of the chapter and see how it all comes out?"

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