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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Ansel?
(a) Bradley and Shelly's brothe.r
(b) Dodge and Halie's son.
(c) Dodge and Shelly's son.
(d) Tilden and Halie's son.

2. Who was responsible for the secret in the backyard?
(a) Vince and Halie.
(b) Bradley and Halie.
(c) Halie and Tilden.
(d) Dodge and Shelly.

3. Who did the family fear would be angry about a disorderly house?
(a) Vince.
(b) Ansel.
(c) Father Dewis.
(d) Bradley.

4. What does Bradley do to Dodge when he comes by?
(a) Turns off the TV so Dodge can't watch it.
(b) Brings him a bottle of whiskey.
(c) Brings him a new blanket to repalce the one he lost.
(d) Leaves Dodge's head gashed and bleeding.

5. Where was Halie in Act 2?
(a) She wroked in the chruch.
(b) Made a trip to visit with her sister.
(c) She went shopping for baby clothes.
(d) She stayed upstairs most of the time.

6. What does Halie present herself to be?
(a) A caring and loving wife and mother.
(b) Vince's girlfriend to smooth the chaos in the family.
(c) Mother of Father Dewis to cover for the affair.
(d) A friend of Ansel's wife even though she was a Catholic.

7. What character stayed on stage during the first two acts of the play?
(a) The minister, and friend.
(b) A city man trying to learn to farm.
(c) The host of the church meetings.
(d) The owner, and the farmer of the land.

8. What is the dark thread that weaves though this play?
(a) Vince and Halie have a incestual relaionship.
(b) Halie and Bradley have a incestual relationship.
(c) Dodge and Shelly have a sexual relationship.
(d) Halie and Tilden had an incestual relationship.

9. What vegetables did Shelly try to help Tilden with?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Corn.

10. How many daughters does Dodge and Halie have?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) The one that is still a farmer.
(d) One.

11. Where was Shelly during Act 2?
(a) At the church.
(b) With Vince in Dodge's house.
(c) In New Mexico.
(d) At the store buying whiskey.

12. Who didn't remember Vince?
(a) Dodge and Tilden.
(b) Tilden and Bradley.
(c) Bradley and Halie.
(d) Halie and Tilden.

13. Who had the incestuous relationship?
(a) Ansel and Halie.
(b) Tilden and Halie.
(c) Bradley and Halie.
(d) Father Dewis and Shelly.

14. What is the dysfunctional theme of this play?
(a) A priest and Shelly.
(b) The incest between a mother and her son.
(c) A father and his daughter.
(d) A brother and a sister.

15. Who did Shelly try to help with the vegetables from the garden?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Tilden.
(d) Ansel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shelly do when she sees Tilden coming in from the backyard?

2. Shelly tries to get Vince to leave even though she feels for who?

3. What was the result of the incestuous relationship between Halie and Tilden?

4. Where did Vince get the money to buy the whiskey?

5. What does Sam Shepherd's believe America has lost touch with?

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