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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings vegetables in from the garden?
(a) Tilden.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Halie.
(d) Bradley.

2. Who are Dodge and Halie's sons?
(a) John and Tilden.
(b) Tilden and Bradley.
(c) Father Dewis and Tilden.
(d) Bradley and James.

3. Who is Ansel?
(a) Halie and Dodge's son.
(b) Tilden's son.
(c) Bradley' s father.
(d) Member of Father Drewis' church.

4. Who taunted Halie about " the breeder-man teaching her a thing or two"?
(a) Father Dewis.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Tildren.

5. Where did Halie spend most of her time?
(a) Visiting Ansel.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) Upstairs off stage.
(d) With Father Dewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spent time in jail?

2. Who shouts from upstairs telling Dodge to take his medication when he coughs?

3. Why does Father Dewis come by?

4. Which particular event does Halie blame for Ansel's death?

5. Why does Halie say she didn't want Tilden not to go outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might be Bradley's reasons for being so mean?

2. Describe Tilden at the start of Act 1.

3. Who is the first character to appear in Act 1?

4. What explanation does Halie for spending time with Father Dewis?

5. What are we told happened to Ansel?

6. How are Dodge and Halie presented in the first act?

7. What does Halie think about Ansel at the beginning of the story?

8. Why does Halie resent the Catholics?

9. Where is Tilden prohibited from going to?

10. In the first act, where are the characters?

(see the answer keys)

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