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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 fly to the university.
(b) To pick up his brother.
(c) To pick up Jean and Dan.
(d) To get his sister.

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

3. Jean asks Delia, "Where does it hurt, D.K.?" What is Delia's reply?
(a) It hurts everywhere.
(b) It doesn't.
(c) My liver.
(d) Doctor, it's a pain in the ass.

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

5. Where does August say that the remains of an extensive village were discovered?
(a) Not six hundred yards from the house.
(b) Across the river.
(c) In the neighboring town.
(d) Under the lake bed.

6. What does Chad offer to give Jean in Act 1?
(a) His share of the lease.
(b) A dog.
(c) The house.
(d) The model.

7. Who tells Delia that the book is a success and "she was a failure?"
(a) Her husband.
(b) August.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her publisher.

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

9. How many houses does Cynthia surmise there might have been in the village?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Ten.
(d) One-hundred.

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

11. What does August say that they were racing against early in Act 1?
(a) The construction of a dam.
(b) An interstate being built.
(c) Being shut down by preservationists.
(d) The lease ending.

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

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

14. What does Dan say he fell asleep wrapped around in New York?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A fire-alarm box.
(c) A stop sign.
(d) A street post.

15. Who is mentioned by Delia that wrote a book about the eye and vision?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) August's ex-wife.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the play begin?

2. What does August refer to Cynthia as when her photograph appears on a slide in Act 1?

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

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

5. Who enters from upstairs in Act 1 Part 1 as the lights change to transition into the next scene?

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