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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Artie accidentally see Echo?
(a) At a book fair.
(b) In the mall.
(c) At the movies.
(d) In a restaurant.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorothea's relationship with her son-in-law?

2. What did Artie do right after kissing Dorothea after the spelling bee?

3. In scene 4, what does Dorothea say to Artie when Artie calls to tell her where she has been?

4. What does Echo feel when her opponent crumbles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Artie when her mother reappears in her life?

2. What evidence is there in scene 5 that Echo is intrigued by her mother and wants to get to know her?

3. Why does Echo agree to work towards the National Spelling Bee?

4. Why did Dorothea change her granddaughter's name to Echo?

5. Why do you think Artie left her daughter with Dorothea, despite her own traumatic childhood with her mother?

6. Why do you think the author chose the book "Robinson Crusoe" to mention as being connected to Artie?

7. Do you think Artie realizes the importance of the spelling bee to Echo?

8. How do Artie and Dorothea feel about Echo's winning of the spelling bee?

9. How is Artie's choice of seat at the Spelling Bee a metaphor for her life?

10. Why does Artie feel that she has fulfilled her commitment to Echo?

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