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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does August say was found in the lake in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) An oar from Chad's boat.
(b) The god-king mask.
(c) Chad's body.
(d) Dan's body.

3. What literary term defines August's statement of blindness to the passing moon?
(a) Poetic metaphor.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

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

5. What is Dan painting the copper beads with to preserve them in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) Nail polish.
(b) Oil.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Soap.

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

7. August refers to the dig as what in Act 2 Part 3?
(a) A salvage operation in which we salvaged nothing.
(b) The greatest acheivement of his life.
(c) The curse that cost him his marriage.
(d) A miserable failure.

8. Who is August with in Act 2 Part 3?
(a) Delia.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Dan.
(d) No one.

9. Who suggests Jean call the County Sheriff in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) August.
(c) Delia.
(d) Kirsten.

10. August encounters a slide of himself in Act 2 Part 3. Where is he in the photograph?
(a) His college graduation.
(b) His wedding.
(c) The excavation site.
(d) A funeral.

11. How does Dan almost drown the previous summer?
(a) He was knocked out by an oar.
(b) Chad pushed him off the pier.
(c) A fish pulled him under.
(d) He fell out of the boat drunk.

12. What has happened to Chad's Oldsmobile in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) He painted it.
(c) He wrecked it.
(d) He sold it.

13. What does Chad learn about Jean in Act 2 Part 4?
(a) That she's pregnant.
(b) That she has written a book.
(c) That she's married.
(d) That she's in love with him.

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

15. When does August say to the recorder that they left the house for the last time?
(a) July 7.
(b) October 12.
(c) September 1.
(d) August 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the top caste that Dan and August speak of for the ancient people?

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

3. Who comes to the house looking for Dan in Act 3 Part 5?

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

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

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