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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jean asks Chad if he will move the house when the lake comes in. What is his response?
(a) They will build a new one.
(b) It isn't worth the cost.
(c) He has already sold it.
(d) Yes.

2. Where is the airport August is going to in Act 1?
(a) Blue Shoals.
(b) Paducah.
(c) Ouachita.
(d) Mountain Springs.

3. Who enters the darkness with a flashlight in the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) Delia.
(b) August.
(c) Dan.
(d) Cynthia.

4. How old is Professor August Howe?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Fifty-three.

5. Who comes to comfort Kirsten at the end of Act 1 Part 2?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) August.
(c) Delia.
(d) Dan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, what does Chad say almost prevented the house from being livable?

2. How many summers did August say that they had previously spent excavating at the site in Act 1?

3. What is the term that defines Landford Wilson's use of a projector in The Mound Builders?

4. What do the lights begin to reveal at the end of Act 1 Part 1?

5. What is the setting at the very beginning of Act 1?

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