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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who meets up after the spelling bee?
(a) Artie and Dorothea.
(b) Echo and Artie.
(c) Dorothea and Echo.
(d) Echo's father and Artie.

2. What does Echo feel when her opponent crumbles?
(a) She thinks he is over reacting.
(b) She feels sorry for him.
(c) She doesn't even notice.
(d) She is appalled by his behavior.

3. What kind of winner was Echo?
(a) Quiet, but proud.
(b) Obnoxious and cruel.
(c) Grateful and kind.
(d) Quiet and unassuming.

4. Why does Artie give Dorothea a kiss after the spelling bee?
(a) Echo asked her to do it.
(b) She wants to show fake affection for Echo's sake.
(c) She really loves her mother and wants to show it.
(d) She wanted to cheer up Dorothea.

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

6. What excuse does Artie originally give for not being able to attend the spelling bee?
(a) She has an out of town meeting.
(b) She is afraid she will make Echo nervous.
(c) She cannot leave her research.
(d) Her car is broken down and she cannot get there.

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

8. What time of day was it when Dorothea cut the lock of hair from Artie?
(a) At lunchtime.
(b) First thing in the morning
(c) The middle of the night.
(d) Right before bedtime.

9. What chance of reuniting her family through the spelling bee did Echo have?
(a) A great chance, just by getting everyone together.
(b) No chance at all.
(c) A really good chance, if she won.
(d) A really good chance, if she lost.

10. How many times did Artie run away?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 1 time.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 3 times.

11. How does Echo's family feel about her winning the spelling bee?
(a) Very proud.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) United in their pride and happiness.
(d) Upset at how she treated her opponent.

12. What is the difference between the little boy losing and Echo losing, from Echo's perspective?
(a) Echo would not have another chance at winning, but the little boy was younger and would have more opportunities.
(b) The little boy would lose the competition, while Echo would lose her home.
(c) If the little boy won, Echo would finally get her family's sympathy.
(d) The little boy would just lose, while Echo would fail to reunite her family.

13. What is Echo doing as scene 5 opens?
(a) Echo is wearing the wings.
(b) Echo is spelling out loud.
(c) Echo is talking to her father.
(d) Echo is sleeping.

14. 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 intentionally lose the spelling bee to gain her mother's pity.
(d) To have both her mother and grandmother come to the spelling bee and be reunited.

15. When Artie calls her daughter on the phone, what does Echo tell Dorothea about the phone call?
(a) That it was from her father.
(b) That it was a sales call.
(c) That it was from a dead person.
(d) That is was a wrong number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorothea cut off a lock of Artie's hair?

2. How does Artie tell Echo about the National Spelling Bee?

3. Why is winning the spelling bee so important to Echo?

4. How does Artie and Echo's argument end?

5. What is Echo's frame of mind as she spells her words?

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