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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Echo think about her mother when she was young?
(a) Artie never gave her mother any thought.
(b) Artie thought she didn't have a mother.
(c) Artie thought her mother was a movie star.
(d) Artie thought her mother was in jail.

2. Where does Dorothea live?
(a) In a house near Artie.
(b) In a house next door to Artie.
(c) About an hour away from Artie's house.
(d) In an apartment in Artie's building.

3. What is Echo's plan for the spelling bee?
(a) To run away at the spelling bee.
(b) To win the spelling bee.
(c) To have both her mother and grandmother come to the spelling bee and be reunited.
(d) To intentionally lose the spelling bee to gain her mother's pity.

4. What does Artie inform Dorothea of after the spelling bee?
(a) They must share a familial kiss for Echo.
(b) That she never wanted to see Echo again.
(c) That she was taking Echo to live with her.
(d) They must talk to Echo about her behavior.

5. What does Artie do when she sees her daughter in scene 5?
(a) She apologizes for abandoning her and asks for forgiveness.
(b) She gives her a big hug.
(c) She has lunch with her.
(d) She runs away.

6. Why does Dorothea cut off a lock of Artie's hair?
(a) She wanted to compare Artie's hair with her own.
(b) Artie had gum in her hair and she was cutting it out.
(c) She was giving Artie a hair cut.
(d) Dorothea says it will always be a connection to her daughter, Artie.

7. What happens when Echo is seven?
(a) Artie moves back in the house with Dorothea and Echo.
(b) Echo runs away.
(c) Artie gets a job 50 miles away from her.
(d) Artie remarries and takes Echo back to live with her.

8. What did Artie do right after kissing Dorothea after the spelling bee?
(a) She asked Echo to come live with her.
(b) She asked Echo and Dorothea to come to dinner with her.
(c) She moved back into Dorothea's home.
(d) She ran out of the auditorium.

9. Why does Artie not like the vortex?
(a) She does not like the loud noise of racecars.
(b) She feels uncomfortable standing in a circle.
(c) It disturbs her because she does not like rules to be broken.
(d) She thought the building might fall down with her in it.

10. How was Artie able to overcome her childhood?
(a) By forgiving her mother's eccentricity.
(b) By having a baby to love.
(c) By focusing only on her husband and her work.
(d) By remembering how much her mother really loved her.

11. How many names did Artie take on to keep from being found?
(a) 3 names.
(b) 2 names.
(c) 4 names.
(d) 8 names.

12. How does Dorothea and Artie's phone call first phone call in scene 4 end?
(a) Dorothea hangs up.
(b) They say good-bye, promising to talk again soon.
(c) They make plans to meet the next day.
(d) Artie hangs up.

13. Why does Artie tear up the house in scene 5?
(a) She is looking for the homemade wings.
(b) She was looking for her favorite book.
(c) She is mad at her mother and is throwing a tantrum.
(d) She is searching for the lock of hair.

14. In reference to Echo and Artie's argument in the beginning of scene 4, what does Echo believe?
(a) That Dorothea cannot hear them in her coma.
(b) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.
(c) That Dorothea will never recover.
(d) That Dorothea's coma is Artie's fault.

15. What is Echo's frame of mind as she spells her words?
(a) She smiles bravely, but misspells her first word.
(b) She is nervous, but spells them correctly.
(c) She pauses hesitantly after each letter, unsure of herself.
(d) She is confident and spells them correctly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorothea doing when scene 4 opens?

2. After all her name-changes and moves, what was Artie finally ready to to?

3. What chance of reuniting her family through the spelling bee did Echo have?

4. How does Echo's family feel about her winning the spelling bee?

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

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