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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Echo buy the Robinson Crusoe book?
(a) Dorothea had told her the story.
(b) She thought it looked like a great story.
(c) She saw her mother looking at it.
(d) Artie recommended it to her when she called.

2. In scene 4, what does Dorothea say to Artie when Artie calls to tell her where she has been?
(a) That she loves her very much.
(b) That she has been looking for her everywhere.
(c) That she was no longer looking for her.
(d) That she could not wait to see her.

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

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

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

6. Why aren't Artie and Dorothea happy about Echo winning?
(a) They didn't want Echo to think anything had changed between them.
(b) They think that Echo cheated.
(c) They wanted Echo to feel what it was like to lose.
(d) They feel sorry for the little boy Echo defeated.

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

8. 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.

9. In Scene 6, how does Artie communicate with her daughter after seeing her?
(a) She visits her once a month.
(b) She writes her letters once a week.
(c) She breaks off all communication.
(d) She calls her to help her study spelling.

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

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

12. Artie considered going to the spelling bee as her ___________.
(a) Privilege.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Duty.
(d) Adventure.

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

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 will never recover.
(c) That Dorothea can hear them in her coma.
(d) That Dorothea's coma is Artie's fault.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorothea doing when scene 4 opens?

2. Why does Artie leave Echo with Dorothea?

3. What does Artie do when she sees her daughter in scene 5?

4. Why was Echo happy to hear the word "eleemosynary" at the spelling bee?

5. How does Dorothea and Artie's phone call first phone call in scene 4 end?

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