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

2. What does Dorothea do after graduating from high school?

3. What is the happy time that Dorothea recalls in her life?

4. Which character ends scene 1?

5. Dorothea has ______________________expectations for her daughter.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Artie named after and how does this name match her personality?

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

3. What are the basic relationships between the Westbrook women?

4. Does Artie ever rebel from Dorothea?

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

6. Why does Artie feel her ability to remember everything is an inconvenience?

7. What is the opening action of this play, and what does this foreshadow?

8. Who is the controller in the play? Who is being controlled?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dorothea and Artie have negative feelings about Echo winning the spelling bee because of Echo's poor treatment of her opponent. How do you think things might have been different if Echo had actually lost the spelling bee? How do you think Artie and Dorothea would have reacted then?

Essay Topic 2

Artie said she could remember everything and was against total recall as a form of learning. Despite this, she drilled Echo repeatedly on spelling words. Why do you think she chose to teach Echo in this way? What other factors may have played into her decision?

Essay Topic 3

Character names are very important in this play and have a kind of "self-fulfilling prophesy". Discuss how this is especially true for Artie. Give examples from the text to support your thoughts.

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