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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Jean asks Delia in Act 1 Part 5 if she happens to have what?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A globe.
(c) A tarot deck.
(d) A shovel.

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

6. How does Delia describe the temporary secretary she hired to transcribe her book?
(a) Haughty and proud.
(b) Demure and prudish.
(c) Very neat, sweet, meek.
(d) An idiot.

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

8. What does Dan ask August not to reveal to the others in early Act 1?
(a) That he has married Jean.
(b) That he is leaving.
(c) That Jean is sick.
(d) That Jean is pregnant.

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

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

11. How many villagers does Dan say supposedly were in Cahokia?
(a) Forty to fifty thousand.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Sixty thousand.

12. Who arrives drunk at the door in the middle of the night in Act 1 Part 6?
(a) Chad.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Dan.
(d) August.

13. How old is Dr. Jean Loggins?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty-nine.

14. How does Dan say is the only way to feel completely safe on the sidewalks of New York?
(a) Stoned.
(b) In daylight.
(c) Completely drunk.
(d) With a weapon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "The natives get restless at night. The dogs raid the hen houses?"

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

3. What activity is Jean doing in Act 1 Part 4?

4. Who appears with Jean in front of the slide of the lake in Act 1?

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

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