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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where on the set do the projections appear, according to the stage directions?
(a) On the desk.
(b) On a screen at the front of the stage.
(c) On a curtain.
(d) On the back wall.

2. Who comes in with a flashlight and discovers Delia in the living room in Act 1 Part 6?
(a) Jean.
(b) August.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

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

4. What is the name of Delia's second book?
(a) Seven Nights.
(b) The Last Days.
(c) Spindrift.
(d) The Doctor.

5. Who enters from upstairs in Act 1 Part 1 as the lights change to transition into the next scene?
(a) Delia and Chad.
(b) Cynthia and Kirsten.
(c) Chad and Jean.
(d) Kirsten and Delia.

6. Which character says, "I have an intense desire to turn to the end of the chapter and see how it all comes out?"
(a) Jean.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) August.
(d) Dan.

7. Delia admits to Jean in Act 1 that she is what?
(a) A hypochondriac.
(b) A liar.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Miserable.

8. Why does August have to go to the airport in Act 1?
(a) To fly to the university.
(b) To pick up Jean and Dan.
(c) To get his sister.
(d) To pick up his brother.

9. Who is revealed to be having an affair with Cynthia near the end of Act 1?
(a) Dan.
(b) Delia.
(c) Chad.
(d) August.

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

11. Delia claims in Act 1 to have a terror of what?
(a) Heights.
(b) Gathering moss.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Loneliness.

12. Why does Dan rattle on during his conversation with Delia in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?
(a) He is stoned.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is distracted by his wife's affair.

13. How long is Jean taking off work?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Eighteen months.

14. How old is Professor August Howe?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Fifty-three.
(d) Thirty-five.

15. Which character says, "The natives get restless at night. The dogs raid the hen houses?"
(a) Delia.
(b) Dan.
(c) August.
(d) Cynthia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says in Act 1, "The truth is in dreams and nightmares, but you haven't succeeded in getting that down?"

2. What does Dan complain about at the dig site in Act 1?

3. Which character does August say is coming to stay with them unexpectedly?

4. Who comes to comfort Kirsten at the end of Act 1 Part 2?

5. Jean says the women in her family have a history of what?

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