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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dan rush in exclaiming to Jean in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) They've found the grave of a god-king.
(b) They have lost everything.
(c) They've discovered the great temple.
(d) The dam has flooded.

2. What word does August repeat several times at the end of Act 2 Part 3?
(a) Legacy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Life.
(d) Meaning.

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

4. Who does August speak to in Act 2 Part 3?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Dianne.
(d) Dan.

5. What time is it when Dan and Chad awaken Jean in the end of Act 1?
(a) 2:30 a.m.
(b) 2:00 a.m.
(c) 1:30 a.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

6. What kind of seeds does Kirsten find in the sifter in Act 2?
(a) Cannibis.
(b) Rye.
(c) Corn.
(d) Maize.

7. How big does Dan say the bass they caught is?
(a) Twelve pounds.
(b) Nine pounds.
(c) Six pounds.
(d) Seven pounds.

8. Which character says, "I wouldn't be a man. Not and carry all the dumbfounding load they've saddled themselves with?"
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Delia.
(c) Kirsten.
(d) Jean.

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

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

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

12. What is the mask that's been discovered made of?
(a) Clay.
(b) Gold.
(c) Iron.
(d) Copper.

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

14. What does Delia compare the novel she wrote to in Act 2?
(a) A Russian doll.
(b) A riddle.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) A Chinese puzzle box.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mentioned by Cynthia is planning on driving down in the morning after the discovery?

2. What is Dan painting the copper beads with to preserve them in Act 2 Part 4?

3. August encounters a slide of himself in Act 2 Part 3. Where is he in the photograph?

4. What does August say to Delia at the end of Act 2 Part 4, as a means of lashing out at her?

5. Who enters to get a glass of milk at the end of Act 1?

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