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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was an old boyfriend of Halie's who Dodge taunts her about?
(a) A farmer.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her daughter's boyfriend.
(d) A horse breeder.
2. When Tilden talked to Shelly about Vince, what did he say?
(a) Father Dewis's face.
(b) I saw a small face within his face.
(c) Dodge's smile.
(d) The face of Ansel.
3. Where was Shelly during Act 2?
(a) With Vince in Dodge's house.
(b) In New Mexico.
(c) At the church.
(d) At the store buying whiskey.
4. Who were they going to see in New Mexico?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Ansel.
(d) Tilden.
5. What did Tilden tell Shelly about the baby?
(a) Halie cried when she saw it's face.
(b) It could be held with one hand, it was so small noone could find it.
(c) It brought joy to the family.
(d) The lose of the baby tore the family apart.
6. What happened to his leg?
(a) Lost it in New Mexico.
(b) Lost it on his honeymoon.
(c) Cut off with a chain saw.
(d) Lost it in the backyard.
7. Who was not recognized after a six year absence?
(a) Vince.
(b) Ansel.
(c) Halie.
(d) Shelly.
8. What is the dark thread that weaves though this play?
(a) Dodge and Shelly have a sexual relationship.
(b) Halie and Bradley have a incestual relationship.
(c) Vince and Halie have a incestual relaionship.
(d) Halie and Tilden had an incestual relationship.
9. What does Sam Shepherd's believe America has lost touch with?
(a) The vegetable garden.
(b) The farm in New Mexico.
(c) Their aspirations.
(d) The tools to work the agrden.
10. How did Dodge betray his family?
(a) By growing vetables for Tilden to pick.
(b) By sinking into alcoholism.
(c) By giving the farm to Bradley.
(d) By not leaving the past alone.
11. What vegetables did Tilden pick from the garden?
(a) Peas and potatoes.
(b) Cabbages.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Carrots.
12. What is the theme of this play?
(a) Openess.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Trust.
(d) Betrayal.
13. What does Tilden talk to Shelly about?
(a) The baby. The Little baby.
(b) His time in jail.
(c) Bradley's accident.
(d) Ansel's death.
14. Who is Vince?
(a) Bradley's son.
(b) Father Dewis' partner.
(c) Tilden's friend.
(d) Dodge and Halie's grandson.
15. What does Halie present herself to be?
(a) A friend of Ansel's wife even though she was a Catholic.
(b) A caring and loving wife and mother.
(c) Mother of Father Dewis to cover for the affair.
(d) Vince's girlfriend to smooth the chaos in the family.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Sam Shepherd place most of the blame for this family's failure?
2. What was the result of the incestuous relationship between Halie and Tilden?
3. Who had a wooden leg?
4. Ansel was a promising son of who?
5. Who was Ansel?
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