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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does August say Delia left the house she grew up in?
(a) When she was 12.
(b) When she was 9.
(c) When she was 17.
(d) When she was 7.

2. Where does Dan attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) NYU.

3. What does Delia claim they were doing to her at the hospital?
(a) Locking her away.
(b) Trying to kill her.
(c) Stealing her things.
(d) Making her well.

4. Jean says the women in her family have a history of what?
(a) Hot-tempers.
(b) Infertility.
(c) Miscarriage.
(d) Cancer.

5. Jean asks Chad if he will move the house when the lake comes in. What is his response?
(a) Yes.
(b) It isn't worth the cost.
(c) They will build a new one.
(d) He has already sold it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dan rattle on during his conversation with Delia in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?

2. How many summers did August say that they had previously spent excavating at the site in Act 1?

3. What is the name that August refers to the site as?

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

5. What is the name of the person to whom August speaks in the tape recorder?

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