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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jean says to Delia that the Temple Mound People were likely runaways from whom?
(a) The Incas.
(b) The Cherokee.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) The Toltecs.

2. What does Dan complain about at the dig site in Act 1?
(a) Townspeople crowding around.
(b) His wife getting in the way.
(c) The lack of assistance.
(d) The ignorance of August.

3. What did Delia's ex-husband's sell?
(a) Dental equipment.
(b) Drilling equipment.
(c) Encyclopedias.
(d) Men's ties.

4. Which character won a national spelling bee as a kid?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Jean.
(d) Cynthia.

5. What does Chad have a model of in Act 1?
(a) The lake.
(b) The Jasker Development site.
(c) The archeological dig.
(d) The university.

6. What is the term that defines Landford Wilson's use of a projector in The Mound Builders?
(a) Multimedia Theater.
(b) Performance Art.
(c) Projectionist Theater.
(d) Visual Effect.

7. Who comes to comfort Kirsten at the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Delia.
(c) Dan.
(d) August.

8. Who quotes Aztec poetry in Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Dan.

9. From where are the students selected to assist the dig?
(a) The Dean's office at the University.
(b) Dr. Loggin's class in field archeology.
(c) August Howe's class.
(d) The townspeople.

10. Where is the dig site located?
(a) Eastern Missouri.
(b) Blue Shoals, Illinois.
(c) Northern Arkansas.
(d) Mountain Springs, Kentucky.

11. What does Delia say she did after finishing her book?
(a) Got drunk for three days.
(b) Hid it under her bed.
(c) Went to a party.
(d) Made a fortune.

12. What does August say his father did to Delia?
(a) Abandoned her.
(b) Worshiped her.
(c) Laughed at her.
(d) Abused her.

13. What does Delia say in Act 1 that she is frantically beating the bushes for?
(a) Her sight.
(b) Something to believe in.
(c) The truth.
(d) Herself.

14. Why is Jean taking time away from work?
(a) To be with Dan on the dig.
(b) To get married.
(c) To have a baby.
(d) To return to school.

15. Who appears with Jean in front of the slide of the lake in Act 1?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Chad.
(d) Dan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan say his roommate studied in college?

2. Who arrives drunk at the door in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?

3. Who discovers the evidence of the village site?

4. What does Dan proceed to do after Delia's arrival in Act 1?

5. What upsets Delia after the completion of her novel?

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