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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Artie's mother want her to do when Artie was young?
(a) To spell "eleemosynary."
(b) To try to fly with homemade wings.
(c) To make a pair of wings.
(d) To study to become a doctor.

2. Why is winning the spelling bee so important to Echo?
(a) She wants her mother to be proud of her.
(b) She thinks it will reunite her mother and grandmother.
(c) She wants the prize for winning.
(d) She wants her grandmother to be proud of her.

3. How does Artie teach her daughter?
(a) By making her do pages of math problems.
(b) By talking about stories she has read.
(c) By quizzing her constantly on how to spell words.
(d) By having her use words in a sentence to show that she knows what they mean.

4. What is Echo's relationship to Dorothea?
(a) Echo is Dorothea's mother.
(b) Echo is Dorothea's friend.
(c) Echo is Dorothea's daughter.
(d) Echo is Dorothea's granddaughter.

5. What does Artie accomplish on her own?
(a) She writes a book.
(b) She raises her daughter on her own.
(c) She puts herself through college.
(d) She opens her own restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens the third scene?

2. How many words does Echo misspell when her mother drills her on the phone?

3. How does Dorothea meet her husband?

4. How did the family end up back in Dorothea's house back east?

5. What is the difference between the little boy losing and Echo losing, from Echo's perspective?

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