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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. How many times did Echo read Robinson Crusoe?

2. When Artie comes to Echo's spelling bee, where does she sit?

3. How does Artie feel when she sees her daughter in scene 5?

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

5. Who meets up after the spelling bee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Dorothea wanted Echo to be so willing to give forgiveness?

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

3. What do all of the "educational stops " which the Westbrook women made have in common?

4. Why does Dorothea cut a lock of Artie's hair?

5. Why do you think that Dorothea reacts so coldly to Artie when she searches for the lock of hair?

6. After all her time away from Dorothea, why do you think Artie finally called her?

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

8. Why does Artie suggest to Echo to practice for the National Spelling Bee?

9. How does what Dorothea says about the lock of hair always connecting her to Artie foreshadow their relationship?

10. Why do you think that Echo put on the wings in the beginning of scene 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used throughout Eleemosynary. Discuss examples of it and how it increases understanding of the play.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dorothea's reaction to Artie searching for her lock of hair. Why is this so important to Dorothea, and is Dorothea reasonable in her reaction to Artie's search?

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