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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who takes all of the artifacts at the end of the play?
(a) No one.
(b) Chad.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

3. What does Jean claim the head of the department calls Dan to his face?
(a) Danny Two Shoes.
(b) Polly-Andy.
(c) A child.
(d) Pollyanna.

4. What was the bone awl that August displays made from?
(a) A turkey.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A rabbit.

5. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?
(a) Everyone except Kirsten.
(b) Dan, Chad and Kirsten.
(c) Cynthia, Jean and Dan.
(d) August and Delia.

6. Why do Dan and August leave to go back to the dig site at the end of Act 2 Part 1?
(a) To protect it from looters.
(b) To hide their findings.
(c) To cover it with tarps from the rain.
(d) To look for more artifacts.

7. What class, or caste of people could marry anyone within the ancient caste system?
(a) The Stinkards.
(b) The Suns.
(c) The Honored Men.
(d) The Chiefs.

8. What do Chad and Dan argue over the risk of in Act 1 Part 7?
(a) Mixing beer with marijuana.
(b) Mixing whiskey with wine.
(c) Mixing beer and whiskey.
(d) Mixing beer and milk.

9. What does Cynthia do with the film of photographs of the artifacts in Act 2?
(a) She gives it to Chad.
(b) She throws it into the lake.
(c) She gives it to August.
(d) She unravels it.

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

11. What does Dan put on that makes Jean upset in Act 2?
(a) The copper beads.
(b) A feather headdress.
(c) A silver ring.
(d) The death mask.

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

13. What had Dan mentioned celebrating the discovery of the god-king to Jean with?
(a) A mescaline trip.
(b) A case of beer.
(c) A fishing trip.
(d) A party.

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

15. What does August say has never been discovered from Mississippian Culture?
(a) Indications of cannibalism.
(b) Signs of poetry and literature.
(c) The grave of a god-king.
(d) An altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when Dan and Chad awaken Jean in the end of Act 1?

2. How does Dan almost drown the previous summer?

3. August states in Act 2 Part 3 to the recorder that at one time he had a doctorate in one hand and what in the other?

4. What does Delia do to calm down the hysterical Jean in Act 2?

5. In Act 2 Part 3, what does August claim is taken up "to blind him to the passing moon?"

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