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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is the character Chad Jasker?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-five.

4. Jean suggests to Delia in Act 1 Part 5 that what is different about the excavation this year versus the previous one?
(a) Chad.
(b) The townspeople.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) Dan.

5. Where is the airport August is going to in Act 1?
(a) Paducah.
(b) Blue Shoals.
(c) Mountain Springs.
(d) Ouachita.

6. From where does Delia ship a trunk to August and Cynthia?
(a) Cincinatti.
(b) Oran.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Iran.

7. Jean says that in one village six men were laid out ceremonially with what cut off?
(a) Their right hands.
(b) Their heads.
(c) Their legs.
(d) Their genitalia.

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

9. What do Jean and Dan argue over in Act 1?
(a) His neglect of her.
(b) Her refusing a glass of wine.
(c) Her decision to leave work.
(d) Her refusing to smoke the joint.

10. Who develops a theory on musical organs having personalities as a child?
(a) Delia.
(b) Dan.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Jean.

11. Where does August say that his sister was "scraped off the street?"
(a) Africa.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Eastern Asia.

12. What is Delia's profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Archeologist.
(c) Author.
(d) Nurse.

13. What does Dan say the sign read when he woke up drunk in New York?
(a) "Dial 911."
(b) "Police."
(c) "Fire alert."
(d) "You must answer to get help."

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

15. What does Dan proceed to do after Delia's arrival in Act 1?
(a) Pass around a joint.
(b) Pour wine for everyone.
(c) Dance with his wife.
(d) Leave for the dig site.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jean develop an interest in medicine?

2. What does Delia say in Act 1 that she is frantically beating the bushes for?

3. Which character won a national spelling bee as a kid?

4. Jean asks Delia, "Where does it hurt, D.K.?" What is Delia's reply?

5. How does Delia describe her father's office?

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