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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 2 Part 3, what does August claim is taken up "to blind him to the passing moon?"
(a) A wife.
(b) Love.
(c) A man's life work.
(d) History.

2. Dan states that there's a law - "since 1954 - in this state - against" what?
(a) Public-funded transportation defacing Indian monuments.
(b) Abandoning a wrecked vehicle.
(c) Disturbing Tribal burial grounds.
(d) Threatening a man's wife.

3. Who comes to the house looking for Dan in Act 3 Part 5?
(a) The archeology students.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Chad.
(d) Jean.

4. What is the life expectancy of the villagers where the dig is taking place?
(a) Fourty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixty.

5. What does August say about the lake in the beginning of Act 2 Part 2?
(a) It had flooded the dig site.
(b) It was a curse.
(c) It would not be built.
(d) It kept rising every day.

6. What is the last image we see in the play?
(a) A slide of Dan.
(b) The lake.
(c) The view of the house.
(d) August standing alone.

7. In Act 1 Part 7, August shows a slide photo of a man and says he's "the wise old bird who owns the place." Who is it?
(a) Mr. Mills.
(b) Mr. Shoals.
(c) Old Man Jasker.
(d) Chad Jasker.

8. Why is Delia wearing "real clothes" the morning of Act 2 Part 5?
(a) She is going to visit the dig site.
(b) She is having a party.
(c) She is well.
(d) She plans on leaving today.

9. What have August and Dan discovered at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) A mask.
(b) A gold sceptor.
(c) A child's skeleton.
(d) A burial site.

10. When does August say Delia left the house she grew up in?
(a) When she was 17.
(b) When she was 9.
(c) When she was 12.
(d) When she was 7.

11. Who is the professor who taught Delia's book in Dan's college class?
(a) Dr. Levins.
(b) Dr. Howe.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Dr. Landau.

12. Who does Chad take by the neck, claiming you can kill someone, by twisting it "in the right place?"
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Dan.
(c) Jean.
(d) August.

13. Which character says, "I owe him my life, he's not got anything on me?"
(a) Chad.
(b) August.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Dan.

14. What does Dan say the God-King dressed in?
(a) Eagles feathers.
(b) Golden jewelry.
(c) Animal hides.
(d) Swan feathers.

15. Who gives an angry speech about Mr. Cochise, who was the creator of the awl-bone tool found at the site?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does August repeat several times at the end of Act 2 Part 3?

2. Who takes all of the artifacts at the end of the play?

3. What does Dan put on that makes Jean upset in Act 2?

4. What does August accuse Chad of after the discovery at the dig?

5. What does Dan suggest Delia write a book and title it?

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