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

3. What is Dorothea doing when scene 4 opens?
(a) Dorothea is taking a walk in the park.
(b) Dorothea is in a coma in a hospital bed.
(c) Dorothea is teaching Echo her alphabet.
(d) Dorothea is teaching Artie her alphabet.

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

5. How does Artie feel when she sees her daughter in scene 5?
(a) Anger.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Pure joy.
(d) Panicked.

6. What is Echo's final word in the spelling bee?
(a) "Forgiveness".
(b) "Alphabet".
(c) "Eccentricity".
(d) "Eleemosynary".

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

8. How old was Artie when Dorothea cut off the lock of her hair?
(a) Artie was seven.
(b) Artie was an infant.
(c) Artie was in her thirties.
(d) Artie was eighteen.

9. How long after Artie's phone call before Dorothea shows up on Artie's doorstep?
(a) A year later.
(b) A month later.
(c) A week later.
(d) After Echo is born.

10. How does Artie tell Echo about the National Spelling Bee?
(a) Over the phone.
(b) At the book fair.
(c) She tells her about it over lunch at the deli.
(d) At Dorothea's house.

11. 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.

12. How does Dorothea help Echo remember her mother when Artie is gone?
(a) She never does anyhting to help her remember Artie.
(b) She occasionally shows Echo pictures of her mother.
(c) She keeps lots of pictures of Artie aound the house.
(d) She talks about Artie all the time.

13. What news does Artie have for her mother when she calls her for the second time in scene 4?
(a) She is married to a professor, is about to finish her graduate degree in BioChem, and is pregnant.
(b) She is unmarried and pregnant.
(c) She is sick and needs help.
(d) She has flunked out of college.

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

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