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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dream does Artie have?

2. After the picnic, what does Dorothea decide she should become?

3. What does Artie remember from her own childhood?

4. What is an eccentric?

5. Who opens the third scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dorothea's choice to become an eccentric take away Artie's freedom?

2. What do you think the purpose of this scene 3 is?

3. In scene 1, Dorothea has had a stroke and is rendered mute. Why do you think Echo insists she can hear Dorothea?

4. Why do you think Dorothea felt little or no grief when her husband died?

5. How are the 3 main characters related to each other?

6. Why do you think Artie runs away instead of letting her mother send her to college?

7. Why do you think Artie is not worried about her own issues?

8. What skill does Echo have, and how does this skill become a form of communication between Echo and her mother?

9. Why do you think Dorothea has such high expectations of Artie?

10. Who ignited Echo's original love of words?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Echo's treatment of the little boy at the spelling bee. Why does Echo act so cruelly, which is seemingly out of character for her?

Essay Topic 2

Echo never really has a chance to reunite her mother and grandmother. Discuss why she believes she can, and how she plans it.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how motherhood is handled by both Dorothea and Artie. Do you think Echo will be different in her role as a mother?

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